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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0iKvivmqmWqgoDM9W35SfMotacP7xP+er+ow7C7=SVkzA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Apr 2020 11:17:44 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Mailing List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI; update docs for "acpi_backlight" kernel parameter options

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 10:16 AM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 3/31/20 2:17 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> >
> > Update the Documentation for "acpi_backlight" by adding
> > 2 new options (native and none).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> > Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
> > Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Patch looks good to me:
>
> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
>
>
>
> > ---
> >   Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    8 +++++---
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- linux-next-20200330.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ linux-next-20200330/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
> >                       default: 0
> >
> >       acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI]
> > -                     acpi_backlight=vendor
> > -                     acpi_backlight=video
> > -                     If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
> > +                     { vendor | video | native | none }
> > +                     If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
> >                       (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
> >                       of the ACPI video.ko driver.
> > +                     If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
> > +                     If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
> > +                     If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
> >
> >       acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
> >                       force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
> >

Applied as 5.7-rc material with a slightly modified subject, thanks!