Pavel Machek wrote:
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> On Wed 2008-03-19 23:35:10, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
>> Pavel Machek wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>>>> Ok, 7c0... is innocent. Reverting not only the mdelay, but also rest
>>>>> of drivers/acpi/ec.c patch fixed the
>>>>> "rc6-breaks-backlight-in-X-over-lid-close", good.
>>>> Can you clarify a bit?
>>>>
>>>> Do you mean that the full revert of 2c81ce4 that already got committed is 
>>>> sufficient for you, or do you need to totally undo everything we've done 
>>>> to ec.c since -rc5, and thus also to revert the _other_ revert we did (in 
>>>> 4af8e10a6c57e7292862bd1703712f0565c7e429)?
>>> I did some more testing, and realized I was wrong. We need to totally
>>> undo everything we've done to ec.c since -rc5... (that has small
>>> sideffect of brightness up/down keys no longer working -- regression
>>> since 2.6.24, but saves us from "backlight gone after
>>> closing/reopening lid" which is _NASTY_ regression from 2.6.25-rc5).
>>>
>>> ACPI sucks.
>>>
>>> I.e. this patch:
>>>
>>>
>>> Revert ec.c to 2.6.25-rc5 state:
>>>
>>> * this fixes backlight after closing/reopening the lid while in X on
>>> thinkpad x60
>>>
>>> * unfortunately it breaks fn-home/end keyboard brightness control
>> It should also break volume up/down/mute keys. Essentially all the keys on Thinkpad.
>> And it would also be regression to 2.6.24 level.
> 
> As I explained above.
> 
> Unfortunately, applying this means I loose screen as soon as I
> close/reopen lid. 2.6.24 did not behave like that. And it makes my
> machine mostly unusable -- as soon as you try to carry it away, you
> loose video. BAD.
> 								Pavel
> 
Pavel,
You are reverting a revert of the patch, which was introduced _after_ 2.6.24. 
Thus, you regression to 2.6.24 should lay somewhere else.

Regards,
Alex.



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