The list of machines in the "Use native backlight" table is getting longer
and longer, which is a solid indication that we're doing something wrong.
Disable the ACPI backlight interface if the system claims to be Windows 8
or later.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett at nebula.com>
---
Let's at least get this into -next for 3.16 and figure out whether the
drivers actually work now.
drivers/acpi/video.c | 139 +--------------------------------------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 138 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index 48c7e8a..21d2fc9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@ module_param(brightness_switch_enabled, bool, 0644);
static bool allow_duplicates;
module_param(allow_duplicates, bool, 0644);
-/*
- * For Windows 8 systems: used to decide if video module
- * should skip registering backlight interface of its own.
- */
-static int use_native_backlight_param = -1;
-module_param_named(use_native_backlight, use_native_backlight_param, int,
0444);
-static bool use_native_backlight_dmi = false;
-
static int register_count;
static struct mutex video_list_lock;
static struct list_head video_bus_head;
@@ -230,18 +222,9 @@ static int acpi_video_get_next_level(struct
acpi_video_device *device,
static int acpi_video_switch_brightness(struct acpi_video_device *device,
int event);
-static bool acpi_video_use_native_backlight(void)
-{
- if (use_native_backlight_param != -1)
- return use_native_backlight_param;
- else
- return use_native_backlight_dmi;
-}
-
static bool acpi_video_verify_backlight_support(void)
{
- if (acpi_osi_is_win8() && acpi_video_use_native_backlight() &&
- backlight_device_registered(BACKLIGHT_RAW))
+ if (acpi_osi_is_win8() && backlight_device_registered(BACKLIGHT_RAW))
return false;
return acpi_video_backlight_support();
}
@@ -405,12 +388,6 @@ static int __init video_set_bqc_offset(const struct
dmi_system_id *d)
return 0;
}
-static int __init video_set_use_native_backlight(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
-{
- use_native_backlight_dmi = true;
- return 0;
-}
-
static struct dmi_system_id video_dmi_table[] __initdata = {
/*
* Broken _BQC workaround
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13121
@@ -455,120 +432,6 @@ static struct dmi_system_id video_dmi_table[] __initdata
= {
DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Aspire 7720"),
},
},
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "ThinkPad T430s",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad T430s"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "ThinkPad X230",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad X230"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "ThinkPad X1 Carbon",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad X1 Carbon"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "Lenovo Yoga 13",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "Dell Inspiron 7520",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "Inspiron 7520"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "Acer Aspire 5733Z",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Acer"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Aspire 5733Z"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "Acer Aspire V5-431",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Acer"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Aspire V5-431"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "HP ProBook 4340s",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "HP ProBook 4340s"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "HP ProBook 2013 models",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP ProBook "),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, " G1"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "HP EliteBook 2013 models",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP EliteBook "),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, " G1"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "HP ZBook 14",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP ZBook 14"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "HP ZBook 15",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP ZBook 15"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "HP ZBook 17",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP ZBook 17"),
- },
- },
- {
- .callback = video_set_use_native_backlight,
- .ident = "HP EliteBook 8780w",
- .matches = {
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP EliteBook 8780w"),
- },
- },
{}
};
--
1.9.0
