linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Revive combination mode for backlight control

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:34:01 -0800
From:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
To:	Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@...il.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	DRI mailing list <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@...ei.de>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Revive combination mode for backlight control

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:23:08 +0100 (CET), "Indan Zupancic" <indan@....nu> wrote:

> Some nitpicks below. I know you're just restoring the original code,
> but if we improve it we can as well do it now.

Let's pend these changes until after 2.6.38; the backlight code is
fragile enough without trying to 'clean it up' at this point in the
release cycle.

-- 
keith.packard@...el.com

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