Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> writes:

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> I propose the following patch (I was previously waiting on James for
> this). It avoids backing out the problematic Kconfig changes but
> means a user has to explicitly enable the backlight via a kernel or
> module parameter.
>
> Can people with backlight problems try enabling them in Kconfig but
> applying the following patch? Hopefully I have you all cc'd.
>
> If it works I will add it to the other fix I have queued and pass to
> Linus via the backlight tree. If it doesn't, I will revert the
> problematic Kconfig changes for the next -rc.

with the patch applied i can boot into 2.6.21-rc2 and have a working
backlight when i enable radeon backlight support. so i guess the patch
successfully disables the new radeon backlight stuff on my thinkpad
and therefore it does what it says it does.

--alex--

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