Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:25:14 -0800 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.29-mmotm0109 Odd prompt for Sharp Corgi backlight. |
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:59:59PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote: > On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 13:38 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > So I'm building mmotm-0109, doing a 'make oldconfig', and out pops: > > > > Generic (aka Sharp Corgi) Backlight Driver (BACKLIGHT_GENERIC) [Y/n/m/?] (NEW) ? > > > > Say y to enable the generic platform backlight driver previously > > known as the Corgi backlight driver. If you have a Sharp Zaurus > > SL-C7xx, SL-Cxx00 or SL-6000x say y. > > > > > > Two questions: > > > > 1) Is it a Corgi driver, or truly a generic one? It can't be *too* generic > > if it only applies to 3 Sharp Zaurus models? Or do I want to specify it for > > my Dell laptop that has a backlight too (in which case that help text needs > > fixing)... > > It is truly generic code now. Your Dell laptop won't use it but it won't > hurt it either. > > > 2) Why does this default to 'Y'? (Probably depends on the answer to (1) - if > > it's for one vendor, it probably should be N, but Y may make sense if it's > > proper for the vast majority of all laptops and similar that have a backlight. > > It defaults to Y since its harmless if not used and will become the > common case for a large number of devices. >
While lots of the drivers are harmless if not used the dafault ofr them is still N. Can we add some arch dependency or something?
-- Dmitry
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