linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] ACPI: Blacklist Win8 OSI for some HP laptop 2013 models

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Message-ID: <20140114161244.GD4307@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:12:44 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ACPI: Blacklist Win8 OSI for some HP laptop
 2013 models

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:14:18PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> The BIOS on recent HP laptops behaves differently with Win8 OSI,
> e.g. no backlight control and no rfkill are available.  List them in
> the blacklist as a workaround.

What's the plan for fixing this properly?

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