Re: [PATCH] ACPI / Video: blacklist some samsung laptops

[David Herrmann]

Hi Corentin

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Corentin Chary <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> 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 <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I will talk to the intel drm developers about the intel_backlight
issues as they don't seem related to this driver.

Thanks
David
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