[PATCH resend 1/4] nouveau: Don't check acpi_video_backlight_support() before registering backlight

2014-05-23 Thread Ben Skeggs
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 03:39:53 PM Hans de Goede wrote: >> acpi_video_backlight_support() is supposed to be called by other (vendor >> specific) firmware backlight controls, not by native / raw backlight controls >> like nv_backlight.

[PATCH resend 1/4] nouveau: Don't check acpi_video_backlight_support() before registering backlight

2014-05-22 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi, On 05/22/2014 01:30 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 03:39:53 PM Hans de Goede wrote: >> acpi_video_backlight_support() is supposed to be called by other (vendor >> specific) firmware backlight controls, not by native / raw backlight controls >> like nv_backlight. >> >

[PATCH resend 1/4] nouveau: Don't check acpi_video_backlight_support() before registering backlight

2014-05-22 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 03:39:53 PM Hans de Goede wrote: > acpi_video_backlight_support() is supposed to be called by other (vendor > specific) firmware backlight controls, not by native / raw backlight controls > like nv_backlight. > > Userspace will normally prefer firmware interfaces over ra

[PATCH resend 1/4] nouveau: Don't check acpi_video_backlight_support() before registering backlight

2014-05-21 Thread Hans de Goede
acpi_video_backlight_support() is supposed to be called by other (vendor specific) firmware backlight controls, not by native / raw backlight controls like nv_backlight. Userspace will normally prefer firmware interfaces over raw interfaces, so if acpi_video backlight support is present it will us