linux-kernel - Re: Feature request - support kbd

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Date:   Thu, 9 Nov 2017 14:24:44 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     kedar kedar <k3dar7@...il.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dvhart@...radead.org" <dvhart@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Feature request - support kbd_backlight on Hewlett-Packard

+Cc: correct subsystem

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:04 AM, kedar kedar <k3dar7@...il.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone please try add support for controlling keyboard backlight
> via sysfs on Hewlett-Packard notebooks?
> Maybe in a similar way as this last year patch for Thinkpad?
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/24/295
> BTW: This functionality is already supported (minimaly) on Apple,
> ASUS, Dell, Samsung, Sony, Thinkpad, Toshiba :-)

I dunno if my corporate windows laptop has this feature, though I
can't do anything in near future regarding to this, no time.

In any case it looks like HP stuff is kinda orphaned in PDx86
subsystem (just occasional fixes happen).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko