From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: schmirrwurst-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org Subject: Re: Put acpi/backlight code into kernel Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:09:37 +0200 Message-ID: <200909132009.37494.schmirrwurst@googlemail.com> References: <200908222034.28782.schmirrwurst@googlemail.com> <200909131945.16860.schmirrwurst@googlemail.com> <20090913175159.GA26939@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090913175159.GA26939-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org Errors-To: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: Nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org Le dimanche 13 septembre 2009 19:51:59, vous avez =E9crit : > nouveau is perfectly stable for 2D use. You'd really need to ask nvidia > to provide support for their driver. > = I'm trying to use nouveau since 2 month, and wasn't able to use it more tha= n 1 = minute without trouble... and I'm using linux since 10 years, so I'm not a = bloody newbie... = Nvidia has already been asked 10000 times, they won't support backlight, = because, every manufacturer is managing it differently, and there is anyway= no = real linux support by nvidia, that maybe also one of the most reason for = nouveau, isn't it ? I though it could be nice, to have backlight support until nouveau is reall= y = stable, because at that point, it is not designed for lambda users at all... Nividia, nor someone else seems to be concerned by the fact that a lot of = people, even with very recent hardware, are affected from this issue... and = what we need, is a quick fix, even if nvidia would think about it, it would = last some years until it works, I'm already waiting for backlight support f= or = two years, one or two years more, and my hardware will be obselete ! We really need a fix that is quickly implemented, and if nouveau has alread= y = the code working, it must be not so complicated to add it to the kernel, or= in = a way that the backlight support is also working without nouveau...