[PATCH 36/84] ACPI video: ignore BIOS backlight value for HP dm4

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Mon Jun 17 17:30:40 UTC 2013


3.8.13.3 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira <gustavo at sagui.org>

commit 771d09b3c4c45d4d534a83a68e6331b97fd82e15 upstream.

On a HP Pavilion dm4 laptop the BIOS sets minimum backlight on boot,
completely dimming the screen. Ignore this initial value for this
machine.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira <gustavo at sagui.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/video.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index ac9a69c..d7329bc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -447,6 +447,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id video_dmi_table[] __initdata = {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Folio 13 - 2000 Notebook PC"),
 		},
 	},
+	{
+	 .callback = video_ignore_initial_backlight,
+	 .ident = "HP Pavilion dm4",
+	 .matches = {
+		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
+		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC"),
+		},
+	},
 	{}
 };
 
-- 
1.8.1.2





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