Re: [Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 0/2] i915 brightness control

2010-09-24 Thread Niccolò Belli
Should it fix this[1] bug? [1]https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26664 Thank you, Darkbasic ___ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx

Re: [Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 0/2] i915 brightness control

2010-09-24 Thread Kamal Mostafa
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 18:48 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > I've looked into this issue more closely and think I've worked out the > underlying problem. The system in question appears to have two GPUs and > exposes two ACPI backlight devices. Both of these are associated with > existing PCI devi

Re: [Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 0/2] i915 brightness control

2010-09-13 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 03:11:40PM -0700, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > In order to avoid the often-dysfunctional native acpi brightness control > methods, a new acpi_brightness_hook interface is made available. > > The i915 driver uses the new hook to take over brightness control. > Boot with i915.brig

Re: [Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 0/2] i915 brightness control

2010-06-03 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 12:20:39AM +0100, Pedro Ribeiro wrote: > Are you sure this is a good idea to enable it by default just because > of a problem with one manufacturer (Dell)? It should (a-ha ha) be entirely safe on systems using the IGD opregion spec. > My Lenovo laptop has fine brightness

Re: [Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 0/2] i915 brightness control

2010-06-02 Thread Pedro Ribeiro
On 2 June 2010 23:11, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > Requesting comments on this idea (proposed by Matthew Garrett) and my > implementation.  Note especially the KNOWN PROBLEM with a "GM45" GPU. > >  -Kamal > > ... > > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/568611 > > In order t

[Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 0/2] i915 brightness control

2010-06-02 Thread Kamal Mostafa
Requesting comments on this idea (proposed by Matthew Garrett) and my implementation. Note especially the KNOWN PROBLEM with a "GM45" GPU. -Kamal ... BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/568611 In order to avoid the often-dysfunctional native acpi brightness contr