linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i915: Quirk out disconnected backlight

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Message-ID: <20120914134853.GA6533@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:48:53 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i915: Quirk out disconnected backlight

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 01:57:06PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:

> Tested on MacbookPro8,3. Without this patch both the intel_backlight and
> gmux_backlight devices get registered and userspace doesn't know which
> it should use.

Userspace should be figuring out which one to use from the type field.

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