Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753784Ab2BQT1P (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:27:15 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:60477 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752542Ab2BQT1L (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:27:11 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:27:04 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Matthew Garrett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, lenb@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI: Provide config option to disable BIOS brightness changes on power events Message-ID: <20120217192704.GB2707@elf.ucw.cz> References: <1328282293-16551-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1328282293-16551-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 782 Lines: 18 Hi! > The default ACPI behaviour is to instruct the BIOS to automatically change > brightness on power events. This may be undesirable for distributions who > manage brightness in userspace. Provide a config option that disables this > behaviour and leaves brightness control up to the OS. Should this be configured during runtime? Like... when userspace power management starts, it disables this? -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/