[PATCH v2 27/29] ACPI: video: Drop Clevo/TUXEDO NL5xRU and NL5xNU acpi_backlight=native quirks

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 7/13/22 19:21, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 27/29] ACPI: video: Drop Clevo/TUXEDO NL5xRU and
>> NL5xNU acpi_backlight=native quirks
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 7/12/22 21:39, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>> acpi_backlight=native is the default for these, but as the comment
>>> explains the quirk was still necessary because even briefly registering
>>> the acpi_video0 backlight; and then unregistering it once the native
>>> driver showed up, was leading to issues.
>>>
>>> After the "ACPI: video: Make backlight class device registration
>>> a separate step" patch from earlier in this patch-series, we no
>>> longer briefly register the acpi_video0 backlight on systems where
>>> the native driver should be used.
>>>
>>> So this is no longer an issue an the quirks are no longer needed.
>>>
>>> Cc: Werner Sembach <wse at tuxedocomputers.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
>>
>> Tested and can confirm: The quirks are no longer needed with this Patchset.
>>
>> Tested-by: Werner Sembach <wse at tuxedocomputers.com>
> 
> Probably should include this link tag in this commit too then as it fixes
> the Tong Fang systems too.
> 
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215683

Good point, I've added this to the version in my personal tree.

Regards,

Hans




> 
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Werner Sembach
>>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/acpi/video_detect.c | 75 -------------------------------------
>>>   1 file changed, 75 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
>>> index 2a4d376a703e..4b9395d1bda7 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
>>> @@ -599,81 +599,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id
>> video_detect_dmi_table[] = {
>>>   		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N250P"),
>>>   		},
>>>   	},
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * Clevo NL5xRU and NL5xNU/TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen1 and Gen2 have
>> both a
>>> -	 * working native and video interface. However the default detection
>>> -	 * mechanism first registers the video interface before unregistering
>>> -	 * it again and switching to the native interface during boot. This
>>> -	 * results in a dangling SBIOS request for backlight change for some
>>> -	 * reason, causing the backlight to switch to ~2% once per boot on
>> the
>>> -	 * first power cord connect or disconnect event. Setting the native
>>> -	 * interface explicitly circumvents this buggy behaviour, by avoiding
>>> -	 * the unregistering process.
>>> -	 */
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xRU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "TUXEDO"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NL5xRU"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xRU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR,
>> "SchenkerTechnologiesGmbH"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NL5xRU"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xRU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Notebook"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NL5xRU"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xRU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "TUXEDO"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "AURA1501"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xRU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "TUXEDO"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "EDUBOOK1502"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xNU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "TUXEDO"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NL5xNU"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xNU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR,
>> "SchenkerTechnologiesGmbH"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NL5xNU"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>> -	{
>>> -	.callback = video_detect_force_native,
>>> -	.ident = "Clevo NL5xNU",
>>> -	.matches = {
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Notebook"),
>>> -		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NL5xNU"),
>>> -		},
>>> -	},
>>>
>>>   	/*
>>>   	 * Desktops which falsely report a backlight and which our heuristics