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Message-ID: <CAHp75VeCHW=GMgyHRswsTrZ7b3TEnFh15F-5fyHcUsqXzoFS_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Jul 2020 12:30:59 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@...onical.com>
Cc:     mapengyu@...il.com,
        Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <ibm-acpi@....eng.br>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Thinkpad-acpi devel ML <ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: not loading brightness_init
 when _BCL invalid

On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 11:55 AM Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> When _BCL invalid, disable thinkpad_acpi backlight brightness control.
>
> brightness_enable is already checked at the beginning,

> Always print notice when enabled brightness control.

Why?

...

> +       pr_notice("thinkpad_acpi native brightness control enabled\n");

'notice' level is quite high, why do we spam users with this?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko