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

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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2015 09:57:06 -0800
From:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
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

On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 03:19:43PM +0100, David Herrmann wrote:
> 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.

Thank you, appears to be an error on my part, possibly due to some tooling
changes on my end. Apologies, I'll get 4.4-2 out within the merge window and be
sure to include this.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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