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  1. Feb 12, 2011
    • Michael Karcher's avatar
      ACPI / Video: Probe for output switch method when searching video devices. · ed764e7c
      Michael Karcher authored
      This patch reverts one hunk of 677bd810
      "ACPI video: remove output switching control", namely the removal of
      probing for _DOS/_DOD when searching for video devices.
      
      This is needed on some Fujitsu Laptops (at least S7110, P8010) for the
      ACPI backlight interface to work, as an these machines, neither ROM nor
      posting methods are available, and after removal of output switching,
      none of the caps triggers, which prevents the backlight search from
      being entered.
      
      Tested on a Fujitsu Lifebook S7110 and Fujitsu Lifebook P8010.
      This probably fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27312
      
      
      for the people who have no entry in /sys/class/backlight.
      
      This is the complete list of public (starting with "_") methods implemented
      on the S7110, BIOS rev 1.34:
      
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._ADR
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._DOS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._DOD
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.CRT._ADR
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.CRT._DCS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.CRT._DGS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.CRT._DSS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._ADR
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._BCL
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._BCM
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._BQC
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._DCS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._DGS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._DSS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._PS0
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.LCD._PS3
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.TV._ADR
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.TV._DCS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.TV._DGS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.TV._DSS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.DVI._ADR
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.DVI._DCS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.DVI._DGS
      \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.DVI._DSS
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Karcher <kernel@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
      Acked-by: default avatarZhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
      ed764e7c
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    • Thomas Renninger's avatar
      ACPI video: if no ACPI backlight support, use vendor drivers · c3d6de69
      Thomas Renninger authored
      
      If an ACPI graphics device supports backlight brightness functions (cmp. with
      latest ACPI spec Appendix B), let the ACPI video driver control backlight and
      switch backlight control off in vendor specific ACPI drivers (asus_acpi,
      thinkpad_acpi, eeepc, fujitsu_laptop, msi_laptop, sony_laptop, acer-wmi).
      
      Currently it is possible to load above drivers and let both poke on the
      brightness HW registers, the video and vendor specific ACPI drivers -> bad.
      
      This patch provides the basic support to check for BIOS capabilities before
      driver loading time. Driver specific modifications are in separate follow up
      patches.
      
      "acpi_backlight=vendor"
      	Prever vendor driver over ACPI driver for backlight.
      "acpi_backlight=video" (default)
      	Prever ACPI driver over vendor driver for backlight.
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
      Acked-by: default avatarZhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
      c3d6de69
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