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authorHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>2015-04-21 12:01:32 +0200
committerDarren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>2015-04-24 11:08:53 -0700
commit358d6a2c3ecae2b22c7d7e61f9d5672557446dfb (patch)
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parentcdbff611940882b36d6964ced177bc167012f5c0 (diff)
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toshiba_acpi: Do not register vendor backlight when acpi_video bl is available
commit a39f46df33c6 ("toshiba_acpi: Fix regression caused by backlight extra check code") causes the backlight to no longer work on the Toshiba Z30, reverting that commit fixes this but restores the original issue fixed by that commit. Looking at the toshiba_acpi backlight code for a fix for this I noticed that the toshiba code is the only code under platform/x86 which unconditionally registers a vendor acpi backlight interface, without checking for acpi_video backlight support first. This commit adds the necessary checks bringing toshiba_acpi in line with the other drivers, and fixing the Z30 regression without needing to revert the commit causing it. Chances are that there will be some Toshiba models which have a non working acpi-video implementation while the toshiba vendor backlight interface does work, this commit adds an empty dmi_id table where such systems can be added, this is identical to how other drivers handle such systems. BugLink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206036 BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86521 Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c24
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index 97527614141b..f9f205cb1f11 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ config ACPI_TOSHIBA
depends on INPUT
depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n
depends on SERIO_I8042 || SERIO_I8042 = n
+ depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
select INPUT_POLLDEV
select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
---help---
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
index f624dd56051f..9956b9902bb4 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/i8042.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <acpi/video.h>
MODULE_AUTHOR("John Belmonte");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Toshiba Laptop ACPI Extras Driver");
@@ -264,6 +266,14 @@ static const struct key_entry toshiba_acpi_alt_keymap[] = {
};
/*
+ * List of models which have a broken acpi-video backlight interface and thus
+ * need to use the toshiba (vendor) interface instead.
+ */
+static const struct dmi_system_id toshiba_vendor_backlight_dmi[] = {
+ {}
+};
+
+/*
* Utility
*/
@@ -2624,6 +2634,20 @@ static int toshiba_acpi_setup_backlight(struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev)
ret = get_tr_backlight_status(dev, &enabled);
dev->tr_backlight_supported = !ret;
+ /*
+ * Tell acpi-video-detect code to prefer vendor backlight on all
+ * systems with transflective backlight and on dmi matched systems.
+ */
+ if (dev->tr_backlight_supported ||
+ dmi_check_system(toshiba_vendor_backlight_dmi))
+ acpi_video_dmi_promote_vendor();
+
+ if (acpi_video_backlight_support())
+ return 0;
+
+ /* acpi-video may have loaded before we called dmi_promote_vendor() */
+ acpi_video_unregister_backlight();
+
memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
props.type = BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM;
props.max_brightness = HCI_LCD_BRIGHTNESS_LEVELS - 1;