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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:48:53 +0100
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] i915: Quirk out disconnected backlight
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 01:57:06PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:

> Tested on MacbookPro8,3. Without this patch both the intel_backlight and
> gmux_backlight devices get registered and userspace doesn't know which
> it should use.

Userspace should be figuring out which one to use from the type field.

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