Re: [PATCH] dell-laptop: use dedicated sysfs file for ALS

From: Darren Hart
Date: Wed Jan 21 2015 - 13:38:38 EST


On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 07:34:17PM +0100, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
> On Sunday 18 January 2015 10:08:21 Darren Hart wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:21PM +0100, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I decided to remove "als" from input_triggers and created a dedicated
> > > sysfs file for it. Having it there was wrong and misleading.
> > > I also updated the documentation to reflect this change and fixed the
> > > wrong description of als_setting, now used for als_enabled.
> >
> > Given this is a significant functional change, as opposed to a bug fix, I'm
> > leaning toward reverting the original and adding back the corrected version to
> > 3.20. I'm going to look at the total impact first - let me know if you have a
> > strong argument one way or the other.
>
> I'm not against this decision.
> If you do, please remember to also revert the commit that added the
> documentation.

Then for my pull request to Linus this week, I'll be reverting:

02b2aaa platform: x86: dell-laptop: Add support for keyboard backlight
3161293 Documentation: Add entry for dell-laptop sysfs interface

Am I missing anything?

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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