A machine may need to invert the panel backlight brightness value. This patch adds the infrastructure for a quirk to do so. Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 17 +++++++++++------ drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c | 9 +++++++++ drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.3-rc7/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt =================================================================== --- linux-3.3-rc7.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ linux-3.3-rc7/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -979,14 +979,19 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN capability is set. - i915.invert_brightness + i915.invert_brightness= [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a - value of 0 indicates backlight switched off, and the - maximum value sets the backlight to maximum brightness. - If this parameter is specified, a value of 0 sets the - backlight to maximum brightness, and the maximum value - switches the backlight off. + brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off, + and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight + to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0 + (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter + is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight + to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness + value switches the backlight off. + -1 -- never invert brightness + 0 -- machine default + 1 -- force brightness inversion icn= [HW,ISDN] Format: [,[,[,]]] Index: linux-3.3-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h =================================================================== --- linux-3.3-rc7.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h +++ linux-3.3-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h @@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ enum intel_pch { #define QUIRK_PIPEA_FORCE (1<<0) #define QUIRK_LVDS_SSC_DISABLE (1<<1) +#define QUIRK_INVERT_BRIGHTNESS (1<<2) struct intel_fbdev; struct intel_fbc_work; Index: linux-3.3-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.3-rc7.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c +++ linux-3.3-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c @@ -8950,6 +8950,15 @@ static void quirk_ssc_force_disable(stru dev_priv->quirks |= QUIRK_LVDS_SSC_DISABLE; } +/* + * A machine may need to invert the panel backlight brightness value + */ +static void quirk_invert_brightness(struct drm_device *dev) +{ + struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private; + dev_priv->quirks |= QUIRK_INVERT_BRIGHTNESS; +} + struct intel_quirk { int device; int subsystem_vendor; Index: linux-3.3-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.3-rc7.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c +++ linux-3.3-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c @@ -192,15 +192,22 @@ u32 intel_panel_get_max_backlight(struct return max; } -static bool i915_panel_invert_brightness; -MODULE_PARM_DESC(invert_brightness, "Invert backlight brightness, please " +static int i915_panel_invert_brightness; +MODULE_PARM_DESC(invert_brightness, "Invert backlight brightness " + "(-1 force normal, 0 machine defaults, 1 force inversion), please " "report PCI device ID, subsystem vendor and subsystem device ID " "to dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, if your machine needs it. " "It will then be included in an upcoming module version."); -module_param_named(invert_brightness, i915_panel_invert_brightness, bool, 0600); +module_param_named(invert_brightness, i915_panel_invert_brightness, int, 0600); static u32 intel_panel_compute_brightness(struct drm_device *dev, u32 val) { - if (i915_panel_invert_brightness) + struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private; + + if (i915_panel_invert_brightness < 0) + return val; + + if (i915_panel_invert_brightness > 0 || + dev_priv->quirks & QUIRK_INVERT_BRIGHTNESS) return intel_panel_get_max_backlight(dev) - val; return val;