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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: Add driver for Apple gmux device
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:18:52AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:

> Why do you presume it works under Windows? Boot camp installs a pile of
> drivers for Windows, one of those could be a driver for the backlight. I
> don't know either way. But it's pretty clear that MacOS is using the
> gmux for the backlight when it is present from the reverse engineering
> work done by others.

The only reason to provide it at all is for Windows - it's never going
to be used under OS X.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org


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