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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-11-11 21:15:50 -0500
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-11-11 21:15:50 -0500
commitf398778aa336a2919ee04ba45d915007230c6957 (patch)
treec7244cd1d4af8d99c861b21ebcaeabf23e355b9f /drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c
parent9b5a56ddfd615a27e3a0856ceae1592a24021e42 (diff)
parent2dba1b5d87e08a294da5cdfa4d32908000e9b085 (diff)
Merge branch 'video' into release
Conflicts: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c
index de898c6938f..759763d18e4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c
@@ -347,12 +347,16 @@ static int __init msi_init(void)
/* Register backlight stuff */
- msibl_device = backlight_device_register("msi-laptop-bl", NULL, NULL,
- &msibl_ops);
- if (IS_ERR(msibl_device))
- return PTR_ERR(msibl_device);
-
- msibl_device->props.max_brightness = MSI_LCD_LEVEL_MAX-1;
+ if (acpi_video_backlight_support()) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "MSI: Brightness ignored, must be controlled "
+ "by ACPI video driver\n");
+ } else {
+ msibl_device = backlight_device_register("msi-laptop-bl", NULL,
+ NULL, &msibl_ops);
+ if (IS_ERR(msibl_device))
+ return PTR_ERR(msibl_device);
+ msibl_device->props.max_brightness = MSI_LCD_LEVEL_MAX-1;
+ }
ret = platform_driver_register(&msipf_driver);
if (ret)