linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Backlight for v5.8

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Message-ID: <20200604201858.GA3714@dell>
Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 21:18:58 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Backlight for v5.8

On Thu, 04 Jun 2020, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 2:04 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> >    - Convert to GPIO descriptors; l4f00242t03
> 
> I'm impressed by that completely nonsensical device naming scheme.
> 
> I had to look it up because I thought that line might have been line noise.
> 
> I know some manufacturers and tech people have "issues" with naming,
> but I thought it was mainly just DRAM chip manufacturers that used the
> output from /dev/urandom to generate names.

What can I say, there is no accounting for taste.

To be fair, I've seen quite a few panels/LCDs with long, seemingly
meaningless model numbers.  Many times they have information encoded
within them.  Hopefully they mean something to someone anyway!

> Ass a few special characters, and it would make for an excellent password.

Yes, indeed. :)

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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