> The following in-tree (latest linux-2.6 git tree) drivers are desktop/laptop > devices and likely do not want the "dim and power off backlight on > backlight_device_unregister" behavior: > > drivers/video/aty/* > drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c > drivers/video/nvidia/nv_backlight.c > drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c ... > I have CC'ed the relevant people (please forgive me any ommissions) for the > drivers listed above, so they can chime in if their driver should retain the > "dim and power off backlight on backlight_device_unregister" behaviour. Hm. In the case of some drivers the hardware state on x86 is set back to text mode in some cases. So do we in that case dim the backlight? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html