On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > We should never get there. In fact we don't want to because if there is > np panel the backlight is not initialised either. > > I'll take a look. I've just fixed a related problem where we wrongly > invoked the lid code on non Pouslbo devices.
Ok, then we better move it to right before backlight init. There might still be a problem with devices that have a LVDS mode in VBT but still no panel connected. Definitely a corner case but waiting for external hardware in an endless loop is scary.
