From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: ACPI_VIDEO and BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:36:01 +0000 Message-ID: <20101112213601.GA19996@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20101112034614.GB7407@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:55482 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932267Ab0KLVgI (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:36:08 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Stern Cc: Zhang Rui , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.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