linux-kernel - [PATCH] platform: add support for samsung nc210/nc110

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2011 20:47:07 +1000
From:	Jason Stubbs <jasonbstubbs@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] platform: add support for samsung nc210/nc110

From: Jason Stubbs <jasonbstubbs@...il.com>

This patch adds support for the NC210/NC110 to the samsung-laptop driver.

All SABI commands except for set_brightness work as expected. The behaviour
of set_brightness is as follows:

- Setting a new brightness will only step one level toward the new brightness
  level. For example, setting a level of 5 when the current level is 2 will
  result in a brightness level of 3.
- A spurious KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP or KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN event is also generated
  along with the change in brightness.
- Neither of the above two issues occur when changing from/to brightness level 0.

Along with adding the DMI checks for the NC210/NC110, this patch adds
detection and a non-intrusive workaround for the above issues.

Signed-off-by: Jason Stubbs <jasonbstubbs@...il.com>
--
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
index ebf1b07..89fd703 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static struct backlight_device *backlight_device;
 static struct mutex sabi_mutex;
 static struct platform_device *sdev;
 static struct rfkill *rfk;
+static int has_stepping_quirk;
 
 static int force;
 module_param(force, bool, 0);
@@ -382,6 +383,17 @@ static void set_brightness(u8 user_brightness)
 {
 	u8 user_level = user_brightness + sabi_config->min_brightness;
 
+	if (has_stepping_quirk && user_level != 0) {
+		/*
+		 * short circuit if the specified level is what's already set
+		 * to prevent the screen from flickering needlessly
+		 */
+		if (user_brightness == read_brightness())
+			return;
+
+		sabi_set_command(sabi_config->commands.set_brightness, 0);
+	}
+
 	sabi_set_command(sabi_config->commands.set_brightness, user_level);
 }
 
@@ -390,6 +402,34 @@ static int get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd)
 	return (int)read_brightness();
 }
 
+static void check_for_stepping_quirk(void)
+{
+	u8 initial_level = read_brightness();
+	u8 check_level;
+
+	/*
+	 * Some laptops (nc210/nc110 at the very least) exhibit the strange
+	 * behaviour of stepping toward rather than setting the brightness
+	 * except when changing to/from brightness level 0. This behaviour
+	 * is checked for here and worked around in set_brightness.
+	 */
+
+	if (initial_level <= 2)
+		check_level = initial_level + 2;
+	else
+		check_level = initial_level - 2;
+
+	has_stepping_quirk = 0;
+	set_brightness(check_level);
+
+	if (read_brightness() != check_level) {
+		has_stepping_quirk = 1;
+		pr_info("enabled workaround for brightness stepping quirk\n");
+	}
+
+	set_brightness(initial_level);
+}
+
 static int update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
 {
 	set_brightness(bd->props.brightness);
@@ -668,6 +708,15 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata samsung_dmi_table[] = {
 		},
 		.callback = dmi_check_cb,
 	},
+	{
+		.ident = "NC210/NC110",
+		.matches = {
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."),
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "NC210/NC110"),
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NC210/NC110"),
+		},
+		.callback = dmi_check_cb,
+	},
 	{ },
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, samsung_dmi_table);
@@ -776,6 +825,9 @@ static int __init samsung_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Check for stepping quirk */
+	check_for_stepping_quirk();
+
 	/* knock up a platform device to hang stuff off of */
 	sdev = platform_device_register_simple("samsung", -1, NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(sdev))
--
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