linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] no backlight on radeon after recent kernel "upgrade"s

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Date:	Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:57:57 +0000
From:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
To:	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Joel.Becker@...cle.com,
	lists@...russian.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] no backlight on radeon after recent kernel
	"upgrade"s

On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 16:55 +0000, James Simmons wrote:
> So the problem is not the configuration but that for some reason the 
> backlight state is set to off by default.

Maybe, maybe not. I'm not sure there's been enough information to
conclude that.

At the moment, I'd like a patch which makes backlight usage configurable
at runtime though a module parameter and defaults to off in all cases
except the powermac one. I'd like to get something into the tree,
preferably before the next -rc, since at the moment things are breaking
for people. If you haven't time, say so and I'll have a look and see if
I can work one out.

Cheers,

Richard

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