[PATCH 0/1][SRU][B][F][Unstable] Stop using get_scalar_status

AceLan Kao acelan.kao at canonical.com
Fri Mar 13 01:33:27 UTC 2020


Thanks, Stefan, you are right, I missed Eoan >_<
I just submitted the Eoan patch to the same thread.

Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com> 於 2020年3月12日 週四 下午10:59寫道:
>
> On 11.03.20 15:00, AceLan Kao wrote:
> > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1865402
> >
> > [Impact]
> > The get_scalar_status command was provided by ODM engineer and was newly
> > introduced to determinate whether scalar is responsible for the backlight
> > adjustment. That guy asked the scalar vendor to add this command and the
> > command works as expected. But there is already a command in the Dell AIO
> > scalar UART command spec. which can do the same thing since 2015, and the
> > newly introduced get_scalar_status command is undocumented. To prevent
> > from introducing regression in the future and to align with what Windows
> > uses, replace this command with get_display_mode command.
> >
> > [Fix]
> > Replace get_scalar_status command with get_display_mode command.
> >
> > [Test]
> > Verified on new Dell AIO platforms.
> >
> > [Regression Potential]
> > Low, the command is already in the spec. since 2015.
> >
> > AceLan Kao (1):
> >   UBUNTU: SAUCE: platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: add get_display_mode
> >     command
> >
> >  drivers/platform/x86/dell-uart-backlight.c | 91 +++++++++++-----------
> >  drivers/platform/x86/dell-uart-backlight.h |  7 +-
> >  2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> >
> The bug report has a nomination for Eoan as well. What is correct? And it would
> be good to not leave the tasks in incomplete or new state.
>



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