But we can still do it on other boards, as this might happen if the backlight driver change when update_bl is called. Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c index ff9cfd8..7d1684b 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c @@ -1152,15 +1152,21 @@ static int update_bl_status(struct backlight_device *bd) ctrl_param, NULL); if (asus->driver->quirks->store_backlight_power) asus->driver->panel_power = bd->props.power; - } else { - if (asus->driver->quirks->scalar_panel_brightness) - ctrl_param = get_scalar_command(bd); - else - ctrl_param = bd->props.brightness; - err = asus_wmi_set_devstate(ASUS_WMI_DEVID_BRIGHTNESS, - ctrl_param, NULL); + /* When using scalar brightness, updating the brightness + * will mess with the backlight power */ + if (asus->driver->quirks->scalar_panel_brightness) + return err; } + + if (asus->driver->quirks->scalar_panel_brightness) + ctrl_param = get_scalar_command(bd); + else + ctrl_param = bd->props.brightness; + + err = asus_wmi_set_devstate(ASUS_WMI_DEVID_BRIGHTNESS, + ctrl_param, NULL); + return err; } -- 1.7.3.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html