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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:19:14 +0000
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Gabor Gombas <gombasg@sztaki.hu>
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Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: [PATCH, RFC] [1/3] Generic in-kernel AC status
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:13:38PM +0100, Gabor Gombas wrote:

> Also, doing things differently when on AC power smells like a policy
> decision, and AFAIK policy handling is not wanted in the kernel.

Backlight drivers are supposed to return the current brightness. With 
some hardware, the only way to do that requires knowing whether the 
system is on AC or not.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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