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Message-ID: <1378821416.17982.56.camel@x230.lan>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:56:59 +0000
From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
CC: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI / video / i915: Remove ACPI backlight if
firmware expects Windows 8
On Tue, 2013-09-10 at 16:53 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> I think the parameter "Does the ACPI backlight interface work or not"
> belongs to the ACPI video driver.
That depends on how Windows 8 works. If Windows 8 policy is handled by
the GPU drivers then it belongs in i915. If it's handled by the ACPI
code then it belongs in the ACPI code. But I have no way of determining
that, whereas you work for a company that produces a Windows 8 video
driver…
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Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
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