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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h | 1 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt index a743bfa62b95..f877c13c5ef8 100644 --- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -944,6 +944,10 @@ When display backlight brightness controls are available through the standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct ThinkPad-specific interface. +The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether +the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available. +brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. + Procfs notes: The available commands are: diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c index 322ba25b4798..56a21e6b80a9 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -3182,6 +3182,12 @@ static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm) mutex_init(&brightness_mutex); + if (!brightness_enable) { + dbg_printk(TPACPI_DBG_INIT, + "brightness support disabled by module parameter\n"); + return 1; + } + if (!brightness_mode) { if (thinkpad_id.vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO) brightness_mode = 2; @@ -4803,6 +4809,9 @@ module_param_named(fan_control, fan_control_allowed, bool, 0); static int brightness_mode; module_param_named(brightness_mode, brightness_mode, int, 0); +static unsigned int brightness_enable = 2; /* 2 = auto, 0 = no, 1 = yes */ +module_param(brightness_enable, uint, 0); + static unsigned int hotkey_report_mode; module_param(hotkey_report_mode, uint, 0); diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h index 8ca19c333727..8fba2bbe345e 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h +++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h @@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ static int bluetooth_write(char *buf); static struct backlight_device *ibm_backlight_device; static int brightness_offset = 0x31; static int brightness_mode; +static unsigned int brightness_enable; /* 0 = no, 1 = yes, 2 = auto */ static int brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm); static void brightness_exit(void); |