From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Corentin Chary Subject: [PATCH 33/33] asus-laptop: schedule display_get and lcd_switch for removal Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:45:17 +0100 Message-ID: <1259826317-18809-34-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> References: <1259826317-18809-1-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-2-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-3-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-4-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-5-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-6-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-7-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-8-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-9-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-10-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-11-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-12-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-13-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-14-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-15-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-16-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-17-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-18-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-19-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-20-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-21-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-22-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-23-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-24-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-25-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-26-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-27-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-28-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-29-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-30-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-31-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-32-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> <1259826317-18809-33-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> Return-path: Received: from iksaif.net ([88.191.73.63]:44228 "EHLO iksaif.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754740AbZLCHoj (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:44:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1259826317-18809-33-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Len Brown Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Corentin Chary Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index bc693ff..d1c9e17 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -489,3 +489,23 @@ Why: With the recent innovations in CPU hardware acceleration technologies Who: Alok N Kataria ---------------------------- + +What: Support for lcd_switch and display_get in asus-laptop driver +When: March 2010 +Why: These two features use non-standard interfaces. There are the + only features that really need multiple path to guess what's + the right method name on a specific laptop. + + Removing them will allow to remove a lot of code an significantly + clean the drivers. + + This will affect the backlight code which won't be able to know + if the backlight is on or off. The platform display file will also be + write only (like the one in eeepc-laptop). + + This should'nt affect a lot of user because they usually know + when their display is on or off. + +Who: Corentin Chary + +---------------------------- -- 1.6.5.3