linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.11-rc2 (acpi backlight, revert)

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Message-ID: <CADDKRnBJ8Whe5AEux=Zu9jsNHU0mRtgwgfC59ZMNXi_pRfhk9g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:52:00 +0200
From:	Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	James Hogan <james@...anarts.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>,
	Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@...el.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...rom.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Steven Newbury <steve@...wbury.org.uk>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Martin Steigerwald <Martin@...htvoll.de>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	intel-gfx <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.11-rc2 (acpi backlight, revert)

2013/7/25 Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>:
> 2013/7/25 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>:
>> On Monday, July 22, 2013 09:54:21 PM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> On Monday, July 22, 2013 11:11:54 AM Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Linus, do you want me to send a pull request reverting 8c5bd7a and efaa14c?
>>> >
>>> > Yes, but let's wait a while. Not because I think we'll fix the problem
>>> > (hey, miracles might happen), but because I think it would be useful
>>> > to couple the reverts with information about the particular machines
>>> > that broke (and the people who reported it). So that when we
>>> > inevitably try again, we can perhaps get some testing effort with
>>> > those machines/people.
>>> >
>>> > It doesn't seem to be a show-stopped for a large number of people, so
>>> > there's no huge hurry. I'd suggest doing the revert just in time for
>>> > rc3, but waiting until then to gather info about people who see
>>> > breakage.
>>> >
>>> > Sound like a plan?
>>>
>>> Yes, it does.
>>
>> OK, time to revert I guess.
>>
>> James, Kamal, Steven, Jörg, Martin, Kalle, please check if the apppended patch
>> fixes the backlight for you.
>>
>
> Problems, problems :-) I tried to apply on top of 3.11-rc2:
>

Ok, with the help of Kamal I got my source tree back to a consistent
state. The patch now applies successfully.

Rafael, I now can confirm the patch fixes the problems for me.

Thanks, Jörg
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