This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix kbd_get_state's request value
to the 4.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
platform-x86-dell-laptop-fix-kbd_get_state-s-request-value.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From eca39e7f0cdb9bde4003a29149fa695e876c6f73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laszlo Toth <laszlth@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:43:43 +0100
Subject: platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix kbd_get_state's request value
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From: Laszlo Toth <laszlth@xxxxxxxxx>
commit eca39e7f0cdb9bde4003a29149fa695e876c6f73 upstream.
Commit 9862b43624a5 ("platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer on heap
rather than globally")
broke one request, changed it back to the original value.
Tested on a Dell E6540, backlight came back.
Fixes: 9862b43624a5 ("platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer on heap rather than globally")
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Toth <laszlth@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static int kbd_get_state(struct kbd_stat
struct calling_interface_buffer buffer;
int ret;
- dell_fill_request(&buffer, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+ dell_fill_request(&buffer, 0x1, 0, 0, 0);
ret = dell_send_request(&buffer,
CLASS_KBD_BACKLIGHT, SELECT_KBD_BACKLIGHT);
if (ret)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from laszlth@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.15/platform-x86-dell-laptop-fix-kbd_get_state-s-request-value.patch