Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-laptop: Add drm module soft dependency

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Wed Jun 07 2023 - 01:27:37 EST


On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 01:19:40PM +0800, AceLan Kao wrote:
> Gfx drivers(i915/amdgpu/nvidia) depend on the drm driver, so delaying
> the loading of dell_laptop after drm can ease the issue the most.
> Right, it's still possible to encounter the issue, unfortunately, we
> do not have a better solution for it at the moment.

We could unregister inappropriate backlight drivers when a more
appropriate one is loaded, or the policy decision around which driver to
use could be made in userland?