ThinkPad don't use an EC-based brightness interface anymore, they use ACPI video interface or (since Windows 8 generation laptops) GPU interface. Don't output a scary warning by default and demote it to debug.
Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org>
---
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 3b8ceee..dcea451 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -6324,19 +6324,16 @@ static void __init
tpacpi_detect_brightness_capabilities(void)
* going to publish a backlight interface
*/
b = tpacpi_check_std_acpi_brightness_support();
+ pr_debug("detected a %d-level brightness capable ThinkPad\n", b);
switch (b) {
case 16:
bright_maxlvl = 15;
- pr_info("detected a 16-level brightness capable ThinkPad\n");
break;
case 8:
case 0:
bright_maxlvl = 7;
- pr_info("detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad\n");
break;
default:
- pr_err("Unsupported brightness interface, "
- "please contact %s\n", TPACPI_MAIL);
tp_features.bright_unkfw = 1;
bright_maxlvl = b - 1;
}
@@ -6359,7 +6356,12 @@ static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct
*iibm)
/* if it is unknown, we don't handle it: it wouldn't be safe */
if (tp_features.bright_unkfw)
+ {
+ dbg_printk(TPACPI_DBG_INIT | TPACPI_DBG_BRGHT,
+ "unsupported brightness interface, "
+ "please use ACPI video or GPU drivers\n");
return 1;
+ }
if (!brightness_enable) {
dbg_printk(TPACPI_DBG_INIT | TPACPI_DBG_BRGHT,
--
2.1.4
--
Yves-Alexis
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