linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 13/27] ACPI: video: Add backlight=native DMI quirk for Dell G15 5515

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Message-ID: <Y3+hgHCRcX4KQC4f@sashalap>
Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:53:20 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Daniel Dadap <ddadap@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Iris <pawel.js@...tonmail.com>, rafael@...nel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 13/27] ACPI: video: Add backlight=native DMI
 quirk for Dell G15 5515

On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 07:20:20AM -0600, Daniel Dadap wrote:
>NACK for 5.15 (and earlier) - the nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight driver is not
>present in the older LTS branches.
>
>I suppose this patch could be useful for distro kernels which have
>backported that driver, but I'm not sure if it's then supposed to be the
>distro's responsibility to also backport quirks that affect other code
>they have backported. If the intention is to relieve distros of that
>responsibility, I suppose this is harmless enough.

I'll drop it on 5.15 and earlier, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha