From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darren Hart Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Use acpi_video_unregister_backlight instead of acpi_video_unregister in platfrom backlight drivers Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 19:41:03 +0200 Message-ID: <20150601174103.GC87111@vmdeb7> References: <1433150708-8498-1-git-send-email-hdegoede@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:40500 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751888AbbFARkt (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jun 2015 13:40:49 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1433150708-8498-1-git-send-email-hdegoede@redhat.com> Sender: platform-driver-x86-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Hans de Goede Cc: Ben Skeggs , platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Aaron Lu , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 11:25:05AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm working on cleaning up the currently somewhat convoluted logic to > select which backlight interfaces to register on x86 systems, see: > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2014-December/074687.html > > For a rought outline (details will change in the actual patch-set). > > These 3 patches are a preparation for that work, as the behavior of the > current code is not always consistent (it changes depending on module > loading order in some cases). These 3 patches remove this inconsistency > which in some cases may result in a behavior change. > > This way the cleanup can have a consistent base to build upon, and I can > ensure that the cleanup itself does not cause any functional changes. > > I hope to post a v1 of the actual cleanup patch-set in 1-2 weeks. That will likely mean we miss the 4.2 merge window and will target this for 4.3 (which is fine by me, but just so you know). -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center