[PATCH v1] ACPI: video: Fix missing native backlight on Chromebooks

Dmitry Osipenko dmitry.osipenko at collabora.com
Mon Oct 24 13:32:01 UTC 2022


Chromebooks don't have backlight in ACPI table, they suppose to use
native backlight in this case. Check presence of the CrOS embedded
controller ACPI device and prefer the native backlight if EC found.

Suggested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
Fixes: b1d36e73cc1c ("drm/i915: Don't register backlight when another backlight should be used (v2)")
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko at collabora.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/video_detect.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index 0d9064a9804c..8ed5021de6fb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -668,6 +668,11 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id video_detect_dmi_table[] = {
 	{ },
 };
 
+static bool google_cros_ec_present(void)
+{
+	return acpi_dev_found("GOOG0004");
+}
+
 /*
  * Determine which type of backlight interface to use on this system,
  * First check cmdline, then dmi quirks, then do autodetect.
@@ -730,6 +735,9 @@ static enum acpi_backlight_type __acpi_video_get_backlight_type(bool native)
 			return acpi_backlight_video;
 	}
 
+	if (google_cros_ec_present())
+		return acpi_backlight_native;
+
 	/* No ACPI video (old hw), use vendor specific fw methods. */
 	return acpi_backlight_vendor;
 }
-- 
2.37.3



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