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Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2023 06:27:24 +0100
From:   Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To:     AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@canonical.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-laptop: Add drm module soft dependency
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On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 01:19:40PM +0800, AceLan Kao wrote:
> Gfx drivers(i915/amdgpu/nvidia) depend on the drm driver, so delaying
> the loading of dell_laptop after drm can ease the issue the most.
> Right, it's still possible to encounter the issue, unfortunately, we
> do not have a better solution for it at the moment.

We could unregister inappropriate backlight drivers when a more 
appropriate one is loaded, or the policy decision around which driver to 
use could be made in userland?