Re: [PATCH] acpi: video: no automatic brightness changes by firmware

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On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 09:01:10AM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> Starting from win8, MS backlight control driver will set bit 2 of the
> parameter of control method _DOS, to inform firmware it should not
> perform any automatic brightness changes. This mostly affects hotkey
> notification deliver - if we do not set this bit, on hotkey press,
> firmware may choose to adjust brightness level instead of sending out
> notification and doing nothing.

It's worth noting that this is a change in behaviour, and there's at 
least one VIA-based netbook where making this change breaks backlight 
control.

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