Re: [PATCH] ACPI / Video: blacklist some samsung laptops

[Corentin Chary]

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Seth Forshee
<seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 03:12:38PM +0100, Corentin Chary wrote:
>> On these laptops, the ACPI video is not functional, and very unlikely
>> to be fixed by the vendor. Note that intel_backlight works for some
>> of these laptops, and the backlight from samsung-laptop always work.
>>
>> The good news is that newer laptops have functional ACPI video device
>> and won't end up growing this list.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Could the concerned people test this patch and check that it correctly
>> disable the acpi_video backlight ?
>>
>> Âdrivers/acpi/video_detect.c | Â 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Â1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
>> index 45d8097..376bce2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
>> @@ -132,6 +132,44 @@ find_video(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
>> Â Â Â return AE_OK;
>> Â}
>>
>> +/* Force to use vendor driver when the ACPI device is known to be
>> + * buggy */
>> +static int video_detect_force_vendor(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
>> +{
>> + Â Â acpi_video_support |= ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_DMI_VENDOR;
>> + Â Â return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct dmi_system_id video_detect_dmi_table[] = {
>> + Â Â {
>> + Â Â Â.callback = video_detect_force_vendor,
>> + Â Â Â.ident = "N150P",
>> + Â Â Â.matches = {
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N150P"),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N150P"),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â },
>> + Â Â },
>> + Â Â {
>> + Â Â Â.callback = video_detect_force_vendor,
>> + Â Â Â.ident = "N145P/N250P/N260P",
>> + Â Â Â.matches = {
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N145P/N250P/N260P"),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N145P/N250P/N260P"),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â },
>> + Â Â },
>> + Â Â {
>> + Â Â Â.callback = video_detect_force_vendor,
>> + Â Â Â.ident = "N150/N210/N220",
>> + Â Â Â.matches = {
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N150/N210/N220"),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N150/N210/N220"),
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â },
>> + Â Â },
>> +};
>> +
>
> I don't see NF110/NF210/NF310 in this list. Was that an oversight?

Ooops. Could you add it and try the patch, then send me lines you added ?
Thanks,

-- 
Corentin Chary
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