linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc2 radeon backlight

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Message-ID: <87k5xyq498.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov>
Date:	Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:34:43 -0800
From:	Alex Romosan <romosan@...orax.lbl.gov>
To:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>,
	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Yaroslav Halchenko <lists@...russian.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc2 radeon backlight

Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net> writes:

> I propose the following patch (I was previously waiting on James for
> this). It avoids backing out the problematic Kconfig changes but
> means a user has to explicitly enable the backlight via a kernel or
> module parameter.
>
> Can people with backlight problems try enabling them in Kconfig but
> applying the following patch? Hopefully I have you all cc'd.
>
> If it works I will add it to the other fix I have queued and pass to
> Linus via the backlight tree. If it doesn't, I will revert the
> problematic Kconfig changes for the next -rc.

with the patch applied i can boot into 2.6.21-rc2 and have a working
backlight when i enable radeon backlight support. so i guess the patch
successfully disables the new radeon backlight stuff on my thinkpad
and therefore it does what it says it does.

--alex--

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