linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Rationalise ACPI backlight implementation

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Message-ID: <20080128012549.GA24166@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:25:50 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rationalise ACPI backlight implementation

On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 10:00:45PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> - Create a new /sys node with a new name which has the new semantics.

The semantics are the same as they always have been - values between 0 
and max_brightness are valid values. If you've made assumptions about 
what max_brightness is, then that's a bug in the userspace application 
rather than a change in the semantics of the interface.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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