Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add support for the generic backlight device to the IBM ACPI driver | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:59:13 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 13:54 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote: > On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 11:30 +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Looks okay to me. It would be nice to get this in, so that we teach > > people to use generic interface, and so that we can remove crappy > > interfaces in future... > > What about needing a module parameter "enable-old-interface" so by > default be only support the new interface but can support the legacy one > if the user is running old userspace stuff? Insane?
not worth the code imo; you're adding code to save some old cruft ;)
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