linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/1] drm/i915: Allow specifying a minimum brightness level for sysfs control.

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Date:	Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:10:08 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Danny Baumann <dannybaumann@....de>
Cc:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] drm/i915: Allow specifying a minimum brightness
 level for sysfs control.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:56:37PM +0100, Danny Baumann wrote:

> OK, I see. And there is user space depending on that behaviour? And
> again - how is user space supposed to know about the behavioral
> differences? Is it something like 'if type is raw, don't expect
> anything'?

"Do not rely upon 0 being visible".

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