From: Alex Davis <alex14641@yahoo.com>
To: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>,
"terraluna977@gmail.com" <terraluna977@gmail.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Regression: i915 blank issue on kernel 3.1.0-rc3
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:20:43 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1317849643.25371.YahooMailNeo@web130122.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yun4nznmbxk.fsf@aiko.keithp.com>
I code, therefore I am
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
>> By 'disable', do you mean revert? If so, I would the like chance to submit a patch that adds a boot parameter
>> for the driver to disable the backlight by default, e.g: i915_disable_bl. Once the issues are sorted, the
>> parameter could be removed.
>
>If your machine used to work (with 3.0) and does not work with 3.1-rc,
>then we need to fix the driver so that, with no configuration changes,
>your machine continues to work. Preventing regressions is our primary
>responsibility when changing the drivers.
The patch I sent in a previous message in this thread makes it work correctly.
If I added an explanation and a 'Signed-by' line, could someone pick it up?
> Does reverting Matthew's backlight patch fix a regression on your machine?
Yes, but I have no backlight control: the screen is too bright to look at comfortably.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-05 21:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-25 13:37 Alex Davis
2011-10-03 21:10 ` Alex Davis
2011-10-04 19:32 ` Keith Packard
2011-10-05 19:59 ` Alex Davis
2011-10-05 20:16 ` Keith Packard
2011-10-05 21:20 ` Alex Davis [this message]
2011-10-05 21:42 ` Keith Packard
2011-10-05 21:59 ` Alex Davis
2011-10-06 22:00 ` Alex Davis
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-09-25 21:13 Alex Davis
2011-09-21 23:02 i915 blank issue on kernel 3.1.0 Woody Suwalski
2011-09-22 4:35 ` Keith Packard
2011-09-25 13:15 ` Regression: i915 blank issue on kernel 3.1.0-rc3 Woody Suwalski
2011-09-25 14:23 ` Woody Suwalski
2011-09-25 20:27 ` Keith Packard
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