linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix backlight issues on some Windows 8 systems

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:13:38 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:	Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...ian.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	seth.forshee@...onical.com, joeyli.kernel@...il.com,
	intel-gfx <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix backlight issues on some Windows 8 systems

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 06:10:35PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:

> Do we have any chances to amend this mistake by (gradually) phasing
> out support for the direct keypress forwarding in ACPI? Or at least
> some plans?

We could make the default value of brightness_switch_enabled a config 
variable and encourage distributions to flip their behaviour.

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