[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/2] ACPI / video / i915: Remove ACPI backlight if firmware expects Windows 8

[Aaron Lu]

On 09/10/2013 01:13 PM, Igor Gnatenko wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-09-10 at 11:27 +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
>> On 09/09/2013 07:44 PM, Igor Gnatenko wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 16:42 +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
>>>> index f466980..75fba17 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
>>>> @@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
>>>>  	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->num_pipes) {
>>>>  		/* Must be done after probing outputs */
>>>>  		intel_opregion_init(dev);
>>>> -		acpi_video_register();
>>>> +		__acpi_video_register(i915_take_over_backlight);
>>>>  	}
>>>>  
>>>>  	if (IS_GEN5(dev))
>>>
>>> I can't compile:
>>>
>>>
>>> DEBUG: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c: In function 'i915_driver_load':
>>> DEBUG: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c:1661:3: error: implicit
>>> declaration of function
>>> '__acpi_video_register' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>> DEBUG:    __acpi_video_register(i915_take_over_backlight);
>>> DEBUG:    ^
>>> DEBUG: cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
>>> DEBUG: make[4]: *** [drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.o] Error 1
>>> DEBUG: make[3]: *** [drivers/gpu/drm/i915] Error 2
>>> DEBUG: make[2]: *** [drivers/gpu/drm] Error 2
>>> DEBUG: make[1]: *** [drivers/gpu] Error 2
>>> DEBUG: make: *** [drivers] Error 2
>>>
>>
>> The two patches are based on top of Rafael's linux-next tree. I just
>> tried it again, no compile problem for me. I also tried on today Linus'
>> master tree, as there are some updates from i915, two conflicts exist.
>> I've just resolved them and will update it in next revision.
>> If you want to try it now, please use:
>> https://github.com/aaronlu/linux acpi_video_rework
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
> 
> Thanks. this patch fixes my problems w/ compilation. I've tested this
> two patches and after apply I have:
> $ tree /sys/class/backlight/
> /sys/class/backlight/
> |-- acpi_video0
> -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/backlight/acpi_video0
> `-- intel_backlight
> -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-LVDS-1/intel_backlight
> 
> 2 directories, 0 files
> 
> I think it's didn't unregistered.. I may forget. I need to apply one of
> patch from Matthew ?

You need to specify i915.take_over_backlight=1 in kernel cmdline, that
module option is set to false by default for now.

Thanks for the test.

-Aaron

> 
> Some strings from logs:
> DMI: LENOVO 23205NG/23205NG, BIOS G2ET92WW (2.52 ) 02/22/2013
> thinkpad_acpi: Standard ACPI backlight interface available, not loading
> native one
>