Re: [PATCH] acer-wmi: add video_vendor quirk for Acer Aspire E1-572

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On 01/13/2014 03:05 PM, joeyli wrote:
> 於 一,2014-01-13 於 10:49 +0800,Aaron Lu 提到:
>> On 01/09/2014 05:05 PM, joeyli wrote:
>>> 於 四,2014-01-09 於 09:11 +0100,Oleksij Rempel 提到:
>>>> Am 09.01.2014 08:06, schrieb joeyli:
>>>>> 於 一,2014-01-06 於 17:20 +0100,Oleksij Rempel 提到:
>>>>>>> I think Aaron's patches can fix it on E1-572. Let's wait until v3.13
>>>>>>> version released then look at maybe someone report issue again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very appreciate for your patch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joey Lee
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Joey,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i have access to this hardware for next two weeks. Theoretically this
>>>>>> kernel should have patches you was talking about:
>>>>>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/2014-01-06-trusty/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it works with video.use_native_backlight=1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you need more testing, you have two weeks ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Oleksij
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your testing, then I think just use
>>>>> video.use_native_backlight to fix issue on Aspire E1-572. Don't need add
>>>>> quirk to acer-wmi driver.
>>>>
>>>> You mean editing grub and adding kernel option?
>>>
>>> Good point!
>>>
>>> Looks we need add Aspire E1-572 to the video_dmi_table in
>>> drivers/acpi/video.c, like:
>>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-November/049427.html
>>>
>>> But this patch doesn't in mainline. 
>>>
>>> Do you want send a patch to Aaron Lu for add Aspire E1-572 to list? or
>>> maybe we can ping Aaron to direct add it.
>>
>> Since it is shipped with Win8, I think the following patch should take
>> care of it:
>> [PATCH] ACPI / video: Use native backlight control interface by default
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-acpi/msg47755.html
>>
>> Last time Daniel seems to agree to merge it for test purpose, but I
>> didn't see it get merged somewhere yet.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
>>
> 
> Will we removed all video_set_use_native_backlight devices in
> video_dmi_table quirk table after the above patch merged?
> 
> Just wonder what is our strategy of those issue machines? Add to quirk
> table or will enable native backlight control by default?

For Win8 laptops, perhaps enable native backlight control by default.

Thanks,
Aaron
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