linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi: don't yell on unsupported brightness interfaces

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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2015 15:19:43 +0100
From:	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
Cc:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi: don't yell on unsupported brightness interfaces

Hi Darren!

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:33:52PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015, at 08:46, David Herrmann wrote:
>> > The thinkpad_acpi driver currently emits error messages on unsupported
>> > brightness interfaces, giving the impression that someone will implement
>> > those. However, this error is spit out on nearly every thinkpad in
>> > production since 2 years now. Furthermore, the backlight interfaces on
>> > those devices are supported by the i915 driver just fine.
>> >
>> > Downgrade the error message to a normal pr_info() and stop telling people
>> > to report it to IBM.
>>
>> IBM?  Those reports go directly to me.
>>
>> > Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
>>
>> Acked-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
>
> Thanks, Queued.

Any particular reason this didn't show up in:
    [GIT PULL] platform-drivers-x86 for 4.4-1

Just a kind reminder, in case it slipped through the cracks.

Thanks
David
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