linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add support for the generic backlight device to the IBM ACPI driver

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Message-Id: <1160571553.3000.373.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:59:13 +0200
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Richard Hughes <hughsient@...il.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, len.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for the generic backlight device to the
	IBM ACPI driver

On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 13:54 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 11:30 +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Looks okay to me. It would be nice to get this in, so that we teach
> > people to use generic interface, and so that we can remove crappy
> > interfaces in future...
> 
> What about needing a module parameter "enable-old-interface" so by
> default be only support the new interface but can support the legacy one
> if the user is running old userspace stuff? Insane?

not worth the code imo; you're adding code to save some old cruft ;)


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