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

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Message-ID: <20130625214914.GA3654@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:49:14 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...ian.org>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, seth.forshee@...onical.com,
	joeyli.kernel@...il.com, daniel.vetter@...ll.ch,
	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lenb@...nel.org, 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 11:46:01PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> But if that introduce regressions, shouldn't workarounds be found then?
> Sorry if I keep repeating that but brightness keys handling in-kernel is
> quite a useful feature and losing it (because of the “behave exactly
> like Windows 8 kernel” policy) is indeed a regression.

Your firmware behaves differently depending on whether the OS claims to 
be Windows 8 or not. We can't make that invisible.

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