AML code always sends notifications to ACPI video device, even if we disable the ACPI backlight control by using boot option "acpi_backlight=vendor". In this case we should not print any warning message. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13671#c14 Sigend-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/video.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/video.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c @@ -1948,6 +1948,10 @@ acpi_video_switch_brightness(struct acpi unsigned long long level_current, level_next; int result = -EINVAL; + /* no warning message if acpi_backlight=vendor is used */ + if (!acpi_video_backlight_support()) + return 0; + if (!device->brightness) goto out; -- 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