Re: Linux 3.11-rc2 (acpi backlight, revert)

From: Martin Steigerwald
Date: Fri Jul 26 2013 - 08:09:18 EST


Am Donnerstag, 25. Juli 2013, 15:00:26 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
> On Monday, July 22, 2013 09:54:21 PM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Monday, July 22, 2013 11:11:54 AM Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Linus, do you want me to send a pull request reverting 8c5bd7a and
> > > > efaa14c?
> > >
> > > Yes, but let's wait a while. Not because I think we'll fix the problem
> > > (hey, miracles might happen), but because I think it would be useful
> > > to couple the reverts with information about the particular machines
> > > that broke (and the people who reported it). So that when we
> > > inevitably try again, we can perhaps get some testing effort with
> > > those machines/people.
> > >
> > > It doesn't seem to be a show-stopped for a large number of people, so
> > > there's no huge hurry. I'd suggest doing the revert just in time for
> > > rc3, but waiting until then to gather info about people who see
> > > breakage.
> > >
> > > Sound like a plan?
> >
> > Yes, it does.
>
> OK, time to revert I guess.
>
> James, Kamal, Steven, Jörg, Martin, Kalle, please check if the apppended
> patch fixes the backlight for you.

Rafael, do you still need more testing urgently? Otherwise I´d wait till its
in some next 3.11 rc and test then.

Thanks,
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