linux-kernel - Re: Regression: i915 blank issue on kernel 3.1.0-rc3

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Message-ID: <yun62kgpdum.fsf@aiko.keithp.com>
Date:	Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:27:13 -0700
From:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
To:	Woody Suwalski <terraluna977@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Regression: i915 blank issue on kernel 3.1.0-rc3

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:23:37 -0400, Woody Suwalski <terraluna977@...il.com> wrote:

> Anyway, for Eeepc reverting the
> 
> aaa6fd2a004147bf32fce05720938236de3361d9
> 
> seems to be fixing the issue. Which is not of course the way we want
> to go ;-(

That's better than something broken in the middle of mode setting.

Matthew - this is your most excellent patch which adds a native
backlight mechanism. What other info do you need to help figure out how
to make it play well on other machines? We've got a handful of
regressions about backligh in the 3.1 RC series, and I'd hate to have to
revert this...

-- 
keith.packard@...el.com

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