From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Herrmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI / Video: blacklist some samsung laptops Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:39:43 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20120105150832.GA25386@ubuntu-macmini> <1325945558-4661-1-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:50476 "EHLO mail-we0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932266Ab2AIQjp (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:39:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1325945558-4661-1-git-send-email-corentincj@iksaif.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Corentin Chary Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Zhang Rui , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrzej Prochyra , Matthew Garrett , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Richard_Sch=FCtz?= , Seth Forshee , Len Brown , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Corentin On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Corentin Chary wrote: > On these laptops, the ACPI video is not functional, and very unlikely > to be fixed by the vendor. Note that intel_backlight works for some > of these laptops, and the backlight from samsung-laptop always work. > > The good news is that newer laptops have functional ACPI video device > and won't end up growing this list. > > Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary > --- > > Could the concerned people test this patch and check that it correctly > disable the acpi_video backlight ? Works like a charm on my N210 with linux-3.2. Feel free to add a: Tested-by: David Herrmann I will talk to the intel drm developers about the intel_backlight issues as they don't seem related to this driver. Thanks David