Hi!
> Summary:
>
> I'm trying to link asus_acpi into the LED subsystem. My set_brightness
> callback evaluates an ACPI method to set the LED state. It works fine
> manually changing the brightness, but when the callback is called by a
> timer (using the timer or ide-disk triggers), it eventually causes an
> Oops. I can post my code or the Oops if it would help. I'm new at
> kernel coding, and I'm not on the list, so please CC me on any reply.
> Sorry if this isn't appropriate on the list.
I _guess_ the LED subsystem can be called from interrupt, and ACPI
does not like that. So you probably need to use workqueue to defer
setting a bit.
Pavel
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