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    SubjectRe: Linux 3.11-rc2 (acpi backlight, revert)
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    Am Freitag, 26. Juli 2013, 14:40:58 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
    > On Friday, July 26, 2013 02:09:08 PM Martin Steigerwald wrote:
    > > Am Donnerstag, 25. Juli 2013, 15:00:26 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
    > > > On Monday, July 22, 2013 09:54:21 PM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
    > > > > On Monday, July 22, 2013 11:11:54 AM Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
    wrote:
    > > > > > > Linus, do you want me to send a pull request reverting 8c5bd7a and
    > > > > > > efaa14c?
    > > > > >
    > > > > > Yes, but let's wait a while. Not because I think we'll fix the
    > > > > > problem
    > > > > > (hey, miracles might happen), but because I think it would be useful
    > > > > > to couple the reverts with information about the particular machines
    > > > > > that broke (and the people who reported it). So that when we
    > > > > > inevitably try again, we can perhaps get some testing effort with
    > > > > > those machines/people.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > It doesn't seem to be a show-stopped for a large number of people,
    > > > > > so
    > > > > > there's no huge hurry. I'd suggest doing the revert just in time for
    > > > > > rc3, but waiting until then to gather info about people who see
    > > > > > breakage.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > Sound like a plan?
    > > > >
    > > > > Yes, it does.
    > > >
    > > > OK, time to revert I guess.
    > > >
    > > > James, Kamal, Steven, Jörg, Martin, Kalle, please check if the apppended
    > > > patch fixes the backlight for you.
    > >
    > > Rafael, do you still need more testing urgently? Otherwise I´d wait till
    > > its in some next 3.11 rc and test then.
    >
    > Well, it seems to work for everybody else (Steven, Joerg, thanks for your
    > reports!), so I don't think you need to test it urgently.

    Just a late confirmation: With 3.11-rc3 back light stuff is working nicely on
    this ThinkPad T520.

    Thanks,
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    Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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