Re: Linux 2.6.37

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>]

Just for reference, my initial report was:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/146

On Thu 06-01-11 08:29:22, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> wrote:
> >
> > It seems that there is still a regression for intel graphic cards
> > backlight. One report is https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22672.
> > I can reproduce the problem easily by:
> > xset dpms force standby; sleep 3s; xset dpms force on
> >
> > backlight doesn't get up (there is really dark picture though which
> > doesn't get brighter by function keys which work normally) after dpms on
> > until I close and open lid.
> 
> Hmm. That commit no longer reverts cleanly, so it's not trivial to
> test whether all those things are exactly the same issue. It's been
> bisected in the bugzilla entry, but it would be good to verify that
> yes, reverting it really does fix the issue, and your issue is the
> exact same one.
> 
> Chris, any ideas?
> 
>                        Linus

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