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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@openedhand.com>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: don't default y
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <37023.1231889418@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:57 +0100." <1231856997.3671.38.camel@johannes>

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:57 +0100, Johannes Berg said:
> Not all the backlight drivers make sense, especially not the "generic"
> one that works on some sharp devices. "default n" is also absolutely
> pointless, and not everybody needs LCD backlight support either.

>  config BACKLIGHT_GENERIC
>  	tristate "Generic (aka Sharp Corgi) Backlight Driver"
>  	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
> -	default y
>  	help

I asked about this one recently - apparently it's planned to be much more
generic, but the help text still implies it's Sharp-specific.

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-13 23:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-13 14:29 Johannes Berg
2009-01-13 23:30 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2009-01-13 23:31   ` Johannes Berg

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