NAK: [PATCH v3 0/2]BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1727235
Kleber Souza
kleber.souza at canonical.com
Thu Sep 27 15:55:20 UTC 2018
On 09/06/18 10:19, AceLan Kao wrote:
> [Impact]
> New Dell AIO platforms requires a driver that can communicate with the
> scalar IC FW through UART interface to get and set the brightness level.
>
> [Test]
> Verified on some new Dell AIO machines and confirmed it works.
>
> [Fix]
> Write a new driver to handle this task.
>
> [Regression Potential]
> Low, it's a new driver for new interface.
>
> [Misc]
> Upstream maintainer ask use to re-implement this driver by the new
> interface, serdev, but serdev seems doesn't work with ACPI, so submit
> this driver as Ubuntu sauce patch for now. I'll try re-write it when I'm
> available.
>
> AceLan Kao (2):
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: new backlight driver
> for DELL AIO
> UBUNTU: updateconfigs for Dell UART backlight driver
>
> debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu | 1 +
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 14 +
> drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/platform/x86/dell-uart-backlight.c | 463 +++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/platform/x86/dell-uart-backlight.h | 36 ++
> 5 files changed, 515 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/dell-uart-backlight.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/dell-uart-backlight.h
>
A v4 of this patchset has been sent.
Thanks,
Kleber
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