From: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.29-mmotm0109 Odd prompt for Sharp Corgi backlight.
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:59:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1231718399.5304.62.camel@dax.rpnet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67095.1231699127@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 13:38 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> So I'm building mmotm-0109, doing a 'make oldconfig', and out pops:
>
> Generic (aka Sharp Corgi) Backlight Driver (BACKLIGHT_GENERIC) [Y/n/m/?] (NEW) ?
>
> Say y to enable the generic platform backlight driver previously
> known as the Corgi backlight driver. If you have a Sharp Zaurus
> SL-C7xx, SL-Cxx00 or SL-6000x say y.
>
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Is it a Corgi driver, or truly a generic one? It can't be *too* generic
> if it only applies to 3 Sharp Zaurus models? Or do I want to specify it for
> my Dell laptop that has a backlight too (in which case that help text needs
> fixing)...
It is truly generic code now. Your Dell laptop won't use it but it won't
hurt it either.
> 2) Why does this default to 'Y'? (Probably depends on the answer to (1) - if
> it's for one vendor, it probably should be N, but Y may make sense if it's
> proper for the vast majority of all laptops and similar that have a backlight.
It defaults to Y since its harmless if not used and will become the
common case for a large number of devices.
Cheers,
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-11 23:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-11 18:38 Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-11 23:59 ` Richard Purdie [this message]
2009-01-13 6:25 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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