Re: [PATCH] Fix AC keyboard backlight timeout on Dell XPS 13 9370.

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+Cc: Mario

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:07 PM, Timur Kristóf <timur.kristof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Timur Kristóf <venemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The 9370 doesn't expose the necessary KBD_LED_AC_TOKEN in the
> BIOS, so the driver thinks it cannot adjust the AC keyboard
> backlight timeout. This patch adds a quirk to fix this until
> Dell adds the missing token to their BIOS.
>
> For further discussion, see:
> https://github.com/dell/libsmbios/issues/48
>

The change per se looks good to me, though I would hear back from Pali
and / or Mario on the subject.
Their formal Ack would be enough.

> Signed-off-by: Timur Kristóf <venemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
> index c52c6723374b..058944258161 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
>  struct quirk_entry {
>         bool touchpad_led;
>         bool kbd_led_levels_off_1;
> +       bool support_kbd_timeout_ac_missing_tag;

I would rather try to keep kbd_ prefix and perhaps somehow make the
name shorter.

>
>         bool needs_kbd_timeouts;
>         /*
> @@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ static struct quirk_entry quirk_dell_xps13_9333 = {
>         .kbd_timeouts = { 0, 5, 15, 60, 5 * 60, 15 * 60, -1 },
>  };
>
> +static struct quirk_entry quirk_dell_xps13_9370 = {
> +       .support_kbd_timeout_ac_missing_tag = true,
> +};
> +
>  static struct quirk_entry quirk_dell_latitude_e6410 = {
>         .kbd_led_levels_off_1 = true,
>  };
> @@ -291,6 +296,15 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id dell_quirks[] __initconst = {
>                 },
>                 .driver_data = &quirk_dell_xps13_9333,
>         },
> +       {
> +               .callback = dmi_matched,
> +               .ident = "Dell XPS 13 9370",
> +               .matches = {
> +                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
> +                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "XPS 13 9370"),
> +               },
> +               .driver_data = &quirk_dell_xps13_9370,
> +       },
>         {
>                 .callback = dmi_matched,
>                 .ident = "Dell Latitude E6410",
> @@ -1401,7 +1415,7 @@ static inline int kbd_init_info(void)
>          *       timeout value which is shared for both battery and AC power
>          *       settings. So do not try to set AC values on old models.
>          */
> -       if (dell_smbios_find_token(KBD_LED_AC_TOKEN))

> +       if (dell_smbios_find_token(KBD_LED_AC_TOKEN) || (quirks && quirks->support_kbd_timeout_ac_missing_tag))

Two lines, please.

>                 kbd_timeout_ac_supported = true;
>
>         kbd_get_state(&state);
> --
> 2.17.0
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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