From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>,
"linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ACPI_VIDEO and BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:36:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101112213601.GA19996@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1011121624440.21040-100000@netrider.rowland.org>
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 04:26:15PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> Thanks for the information. Why does the help text for ACPI_VIDEO
> mention defining the POST device or setting up a video output if the
> driver doesn't do these things?
The help text is documenting what the spec was intended to allow, rather
than what it tends to in the real world...
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-12 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-10 22:02 ACPI_VIDEO and BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE Alan Stern
2010-11-12 2:07 ` Zhang Rui
2010-11-12 3:00 ` Alan Stern
2010-11-12 3:46 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-11-12 21:26 ` Alan Stern
2010-11-12 21:36 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2010-11-15 0:33 ` Zhang Rui
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