Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix backlight issues on some Windows 8 systems

Matthew Garrett
2013-06-25T21:49:17Z

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:46:01PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> But if that introduce regressions, shouldn't workarounds be found then?
> Sorry if I keep repeating that but brightness keys handling in-kernel is
> quite a useful feature and losing it (because of the “behave exactly
> like Windows 8 kernel” policy) is indeed a regression.

Your firmware behaves differently depending on whether the OS claims to
be Windows 8 or not. We can't make that invisible.

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