From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [BISECTED 3.16-rc REGREGRESSION] backlight control stopped working Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:01:14 +0200 Message-ID: <3905689.dLVXZ99cEJ@vostro.rjw.lan> References: <87pph8kse7.fsf@nemi.mork.no> <53C3D7C3.7090505@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from v094114.home.net.pl ([79.96.170.134]:57034 "HELO v094114.home.net.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752174AbaGNRnD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:43:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Hans de Goede , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rn?= Mork , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux ACPI , "Rafael J. Wysocki" On Monday, July 14, 2014 09:24:16 AM Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 6:14 AM, Hans de Goede = wrote: > > > > This *not* a regression, it is an intended behavior change [..] >=20 > That counts as a regression. >=20 > If things used to work, and they don't work, it's a regression. If > it's intentional, that just makes it worse. >=20 > > Yes this may break existing configurations for some users, most lik= ely > > users running some custom setup, who thus should be able to fix thi= ngs > > by adding one more customization to there setup. >=20 > .. and apparently this whole paragraph is completely bogus. It *does* > break things, and for normal people. That's what the bug report is al= l > about. So don't waffle about it. >=20 > Bj=C3=B8rn, what's your setup? Is this perhaps solvable some other wa= y? >=20 > > TL;DR: This change really is for the better and is here to stay. >=20 > Wrong. We don't break existing setups, and your attitude needs fixing= =2E >=20 > Rafael, please get it reverted, or I will have to revert it. I've queued up a revert already. I'll include it into my next pull request later this week. Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html