linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Dell laptop backlight driver

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Message-ID: <20071029154009.GA28898@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:40:10 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Cc:	"lists@...onello.org" <lists@...onello.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Dell laptop backlight driver

On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 02:20:31PM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:

> I've had this discussion on lkml before. Short story is, until Dell
> laptops implement the ACPI methods that the backlight API expects, the
> only sane way to do it is to let libsmbios handle it.  Moving the
> fairly large and complex libsmbios into the kernel isn't a good idea
> (imho).

My understanding was that the current range supported the ACPI methods.
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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