Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] thinkpad-acpi: fix handle locate for video andquery of _BCL

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Date: Wed Sep 25 2013 - 15:58:48 EST


On Tue, 24 Sep 2013, Aaron Lu wrote:
> locate handle for ACPI video by HID, the problem is, ACPI video node
> doesn't really have HID defined(i.e. no _HID control method is defined

ACPI video is supposed to attach a virtual HID node (ACPI_VIDEO_HID) to ACPI
video devices so as to keep the non-trivial video device detection logic in
just one place instead of reinventing the wheel in every driver (which is
always a recipe for disaster).

When did that break?

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where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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