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Date:	Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:55:38 +0900
From:	Akio Idehara <zbe64533@...il.com>
To:	seth.forshee@...onical.com
CC:	mjg@...hat.com, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Charles@...wieters.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] toshiba_acpi: Add support for transflective LCD

Thank you for commenting again!
Please Cc me on the patch, then I'll test your patch.


Seth Forshee wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 07:04:29AM +0900, Akio Idehara wrote:
>> Some Toshiba laptops have the transflective LCD and toshset
>> can control its backlight state.  I brought this feature to the
>> mainline.  It was tested on a Toshiba Portege R500.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Akio Idehara<zbe64533@...il.com>
>
> This looks okay in general, although see one comment below.
>
> I've got some patches pending for toshiba_acpi that may conflict with
> these a bit, but that should be easy to sort out. However I'm also
> working on some backlight changes (currently waiting for test feedback,
> as I don't have affected hardware for some of the changes) that are
> likely to require some coordination to ensure nothing gets broken. I'll
> Cc you on the patch when it's finished so that you can test it.
>
>> ---
>>   drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>   1 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
>> index dcdc1f4..af3979c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
>> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
>>   #include<linux/input.h>
>>   #include<linux/input/sparse-keymap.h>
>>   #include<linux/leds.h>
>> +#include<linux/fb.h>
>>   #include<linux/slab.h>
>>
>>   #include<asm/uaccess.h>
>> @@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>>
>>   /* registers */
>>   #define HCI_FAN				0x0004
>> +#define HCI_TR_BACKLIGHT		0x0005
>>   #define HCI_SYSTEM_EVENT		0x0016
>>   #define HCI_VIDEO_OUT			0x001c
>>   #define HCI_HOTKEY_EVENT		0x001e
>> @@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ struct toshiba_acpi_dev {
>>   	int video_supported:1;
>>   	int fan_supported:1;
>>   	int system_event_supported:1;
>> +	int tr_backlight_supported:1;
>>
>>   	struct mutex mutex;
>>   };
>> @@ -461,6 +464,22 @@ static const struct rfkill_ops toshiba_rfk_ops = {
>>   	.poll = bt_rfkill_poll,
>>   };
>>
>> +static int get_tr_backlight_status(struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev, u32 *status)
>> +{
>> +	u32 hci_result;
>> +
>> +	hci_read1(dev, HCI_TR_BACKLIGHT, status,&hci_result);
>> +	return hci_result == HCI_SUCCESS ? 0 : -EIO;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int set_tr_backlight_status(struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev, int value)
>> +{
>> +	u32 hci_result;
>> +
>> +	hci_write1(dev, HCI_TR_BACKLIGHT, value,&hci_result);
>> +	return hci_result == HCI_SUCCESS ? 0 : -EIO;
>> +}
>> +
>>   static struct proc_dir_entry *toshiba_proc_dir /*= 0*/ ;
>>
>>   static int get_lcd(struct backlight_device *bd)
>> @@ -512,8 +531,19 @@ static int set_lcd(struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev, int value)
>>
>>   static int set_lcd_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
>>   {
>> +	int ret;
>>   	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = bl_get_data(bd);
>> -	return set_lcd(dev, bd->props.brightness);
>> +
>> +	ret = set_lcd(dev, bd->props.brightness);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>> +
>> +	if (dev->tr_backlight_supported) {
>> +		int value = (bd->props.power == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK) ? 1 : 0;
>
> You probably should also be turning the backlight off when
> BL_CORE_FBBLANK is set in bd->props.state.
>
> It looks like it would probably be a good idea to support the
> BL_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME option and disable the tr_backlight when
> BL_CORE_SUSPEND is set as well.
>
>> +		ret = set_tr_backlight_status(dev, value);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return ret;
>>   }
>>
>>   static ssize_t lcd_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>> @@ -938,6 +968,7 @@ static int __devinit toshiba_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *acpi_dev)
>>   	const char *hci_method;
>>   	u32 hci_result;
>>   	u32 dummy;
>> +	u32 value;
>>   	bool bt_present;
>>   	int ret = 0;
>>   	struct backlight_properties props;
>> @@ -984,6 +1015,16 @@ static int __devinit toshiba_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *acpi_dev)
>>   	}
>>   	dev->backlight_dev->props.brightness = get_lcd(dev->backlight_dev);
>>
>> +	/* Determine whether or not BIOS supports transflective backlight */
>> +	ret = get_tr_backlight_status(dev,&value) ? false : true;
>> +	dev->tr_backlight_supported = ret;
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		int power = value ? FB_BLANK_UNBLANK : FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
>> +		dev->backlight_dev->props.power = power;
>> +	} else {
>> +		dev->backlight_dev->props.power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	/* Register rfkill switch for Bluetooth */
>>   	if (hci_get_bt_present(dev,&bt_present) == HCI_SUCCESS&&  bt_present) {
>>   		dev->bt_rfk = rfkill_alloc("Toshiba Bluetooth",
>> --
>> 1.7.7.6
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