3.7+ kernels and Radeon HD 4250 backlight
Sergey Korshunoff
seyko2 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 9 09:59:44 PDT 2014
Hi!
There is a notebook eMashines e442 142G25Mikk Model PEW86 with a video
card Radeon HD 4250. Since a kernel 3.7.10 (tested until 3.16.1) it
have a problem: screen is a white (not black) when PC is idle. A
changes causing problem is:
--- linux-3.6.11/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_encoders.c
2012-10-01 03:47:46.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-3.7.10/dribers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_encoders.c
2012-12-11 07:30:57.000000000 +0400
@@ -153,6 +161,7 @@
void
radeon_link_encoder_connector(struct drm_device *dev)
{
+ struct radeon_device *rdev = dev->dev_private;
struct drm_connector *connector;
struct radeon_connector *radeon_connector;
struct drm_encoder *encoder;
@@ -163,8 +172,16 @@
radeon_connector = to_radeon_connector(connector);
list_for_each_entry(encoder,
&dev->mode_config.encoder_list, head) {
radeon_encoder = to_radeon_encoder(encoder);
- if (radeon_encoder->devices & radeon_connector->devices)
+ if (radeon_encoder->devices &
radeon_connector->devices) {
drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder);
+ if (radeon_encoder->devices &
(ATOM_DEVICE_LCD_SUPPORT)) {
+ if (rdev->is_atom_bios)
+
radeon_atom_backlight_init(radeon_encoder, connector);
+ else
+
radeon_legacy_backlight_init(radeon_encoder, connector);
+ rdev->mode_info.bl_encoder =
radeon_encoder;
+ }
+ }
}
}
}
bios is atom. But radeon_atom_backlight_init() do something wrong (I think).
Thanks for any suggestions.
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