From 728900f6fa7142e07a67d10d862bcb774d7a3493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corentin Chary Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:45:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] asus-laptop: schedule display_get and lcd_switch for removal Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index bc693fffabe0..d1c9e1763cfb 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -489,3 +489,23 @@ Why: With the recent innovations in CPU hardware acceleration technologies Who: Alok N Kataria ---------------------------- + +What: Support for lcd_switch and display_get in asus-laptop driver +When: March 2010 +Why: These two features use non-standard interfaces. There are the + only features that really need multiple path to guess what's + the right method name on a specific laptop. + + Removing them will allow to remove a lot of code an significantly + clean the drivers. + + This will affect the backlight code which won't be able to know + if the backlight is on or off. The platform display file will also be + write only (like the one in eeepc-laptop). + + This should'nt affect a lot of user because they usually know + when their display is on or off. + +Who: Corentin Chary + +----------------------------