The Apple GMUX is the one managing the backlight, so there is no need for Nouveau to register its own backlight interface.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Moreau <pierre.morrow at free.fr> --- drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c b/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c index 914e2cb..37a1577 100644 --- a/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c +++ b/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ * Register locations derived from NVClock by Roderick Colenbrander */ +#include <linux/apple-gmux.h> #include <linux/backlight.h> #include "nouveau_drm.h" @@ -239,6 +240,12 @@ nouveau_backlight_init(struct drm_device *dev) struct nvif_device *device = &drm->device; struct drm_connector *connector; + if (apple_gmux_present()) { + NV_INFO(drm, "Apple GMUX detected: not registering Nouveau" + " backlight interface"); + return 0; + } + list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) { if (connector->connector_type != DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS && connector->connector_type != DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP) -- 2.8.0