Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix backlight issues on some Windows 8 systems

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:46:01PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:

But if that introduce regressions, shouldn't workarounds be found then? Sorry if I keep repeating that but brightness keys handling in-kernel is quite a useful feature and losing it (because of the “behave exactly like Windows 8 kernel” policy) is indeed a regression.

Your firmware behaves differently depending on whether the OS claims to be Windows 8 or not. We can't make that invisible.