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

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Message-ID: <CAAG0J98i-XaO_3sPWsnyEGDX77T=WiNf1K=YMhe5DvkwKotorw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:14:08 +0100
From:	James Hogan <james@...anarts.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	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>,
	Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>,
	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)

On 25 July 2013 14:00, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> 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.

Works for me

Cheers
James
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