From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [REGRESSION/PATCH] acpi: blacklist win8 OSI for ASUS Zenbok Prime UX31A Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:01:44 +0100 Message-ID: <20130801180144.GA20520@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20130731051421.GA15766@srcf.ucam.org> <20130731140010.GA24560@srcf.ucam.org> <20130731175232.GA29987@srcf.ucam.org> <20130731184724.GA30896@srcf.ucam.org> <20130801174237.GA20121@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]:57407 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753507Ab3HASBs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:01:48 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Felipe Contreras Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Aaron Lu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown , Linus Torvalds On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 12:50:18PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > An interface that describes reality is better than one that doesn't. But > > hey, feel free to disagree and post a patch for the ABI docs. > > An interface that is useful to the user is better than one that is not. The interface is useful. There are plenty of machines out there that disable the backlight at minimum brightness setting (see every Apple, for example), and assuming otherwise has always been incorrect. But, like I said, send the patch. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org