linux/drivers
Linus Torvalds ea45ea70b6 ACPI video support fixes for 3.11
- Change from Aaron Lu makes ACPICA export a variable which can be
   used by driver code to determine whether or not the BIOS believes
   that we are compatible with Windows 8.
 
 - Change from Matthew Garrett makes the ACPI video driver initialize
   the ACPI backlight even if it is not going to be used afterward
   (that is needed for backlight control to work on Thinkpads).
 
 - Fix from Rafael J Wysocki implements Windows 8 backlight support
   workaround making i915 take over bakclight control if the firmware
   thinks it's dealing with Windows 8.  Based on the work of multiple
   developers including Matthew Garrett, Chun-Yi Lee, Seth Forshee,
   and Aaron Lu.
 
 - Fix from Aaron Lu makes the kernel follow Windows 8 by informing
   the firmware through the _DOS method that it should not carry out
   automatic brightness changes, so that brightness can be controlled
   by GUI.
 
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Merge tag 'acpi-video-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm

Pull ACPI video support fixes from Rafael Wysocki:
 "I'm sending a separate pull request for this as it may be somewhat
  controversial.  The breakage addressed here is not really new and the
  fixes may not satisfy all users of the affected systems, but we've had
  so much back and forth dance in this area over the last several weeks
  that I think it's time to actually make some progress.

  The source of the problem is that about a year ago we started to tell
  BIOSes that we're compatible with Windows 8, which we really need to
  do, because some systems shipping with Windows 8 are tested with it
  and nothing else, so if we tell their BIOSes that we aren't compatible
  with Windows 8, we expose our users to untested BIOS/AML code paths.

  However, as it turns out, some Windows 8-specific AML code paths are
  not tested either, because Windows 8 actually doesn't use the ACPI
  methods containing them, so if we declare Windows 8 compatibility and
  attempt to use those ACPI methods, things break.  That occurs mostly
  in the backlight support area where in particular the _BCM and _BQC
  methods are plain unusable on some systems if the OS declares Windows
  8 compatibility.

  [ The additional twist is that they actually become usable if the OS
    says it is not compatible with Windows 8, but that may cause
    problems to show up elsewhere ]

  Investigation carried out by Matthew Garrett indicates that what
  Windows 8 does about backlight is to leave backlight control up to
  individual graphics drivers.  At least there's evidence that it does
  that if the Intel graphics driver is used, so we've decided to follow
  Windows 8 in that respect and allow i915 to control backlight (Daniel
  likes that part).

  The first commit from Aaron Lu makes ACPICA export the variable from
  which we can infer whether or not the BIOS believes that we are
  compatible with Windows 8.

  The second commit from Matthew Garrett prepares the ACPI video driver
  by making it initialize the ACPI backlight even if it is not going to
  be used afterward (that is needed for backlight control to work on
  Thinkpads).

  The third commit implements the actual workaround making i915 take
  over backlight control if the firmware thinks it's dealing with
  Windows 8 and is based on the work of multiple developers, including
  Matthew Garrett, Chun-Yi Lee, Seth Forshee, and Aaron Lu.

  The final commit from Aaron Lu makes us follow Windows 8 by informing
  the firmware through the _DOS method that it should not carry out
  automatic brightness changes, so that brightness can be controlled by
  GUI.

  Hopefully, this approach will allow us to avoid using blacklists of
  systems that should not declare Windows 8 compatibility just to avoid
  backlight control problems in the future.

   - Change from Aaron Lu makes ACPICA export a variable which can be
     used by driver code to determine whether or not the BIOS believes
     that we are compatible with Windows 8.

   - Change from Matthew Garrett makes the ACPI video driver initialize
     the ACPI backlight even if it is not going to be used afterward
     (that is needed for backlight control to work on Thinkpads).

   - Fix from Rafael J Wysocki implements Windows 8 backlight support
     workaround making i915 take over bakclight control if the firmware
     thinks it's dealing with Windows 8.  Based on the work of multiple
     developers including Matthew Garrett, Chun-Yi Lee, Seth Forshee,
     and Aaron Lu.

   - Fix from Aaron Lu makes the kernel follow Windows 8 by informing
     the firmware through the _DOS method that it should not carry out
     automatic brightness changes, so that brightness can be controlled
     by GUI"

* tag 'acpi-video-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm:
  ACPI / video: no automatic brightness changes by win8-compatible firmware
  ACPI / video / i915: No ACPI backlight if firmware expects Windows 8
  ACPI / video: Always call acpi_video_init_brightness() on init
  ACPICA: expose OSI version
2013-07-21 10:11:04 -07:00
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accessibility
acpi ACPI video support fixes for 3.11 2013-07-21 10:11:04 -07:00
amba
ata Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
atm
auxdisplay
base Driver core patches for 3.11-rc2 2013-07-18 12:48:40 -07:00
bcma
block Merge branch 'next' of git://git.monstr.eu/linux-2.6-microblaze 2013-07-10 10:16:07 -07:00
bluetooth
bus ARM SoC device tree changes 2013-07-02 14:23:01 -07:00
cdrom drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: use kzalloc() for failing hardware 2013-07-03 16:07:25 -07:00
char Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
clk Power management and ACPI updates for 3.11-rc1 2013-07-03 14:35:40 -07:00
clocksource clocksource+irqchip: delete __cpuinit usage from all related files 2013-07-14 19:36:57 -04:00
connector
cpufreq Power management and ACPI fixes for 3.11-rc2 2013-07-19 09:59:06 -07:00
cpuidle Power management and ACPI updates for 3.11-rc1 2013-07-03 14:35:40 -07:00
crypto crypto: talitos: use sg_pcopy_to_buffer() 2013-07-09 10:33:30 -07:00
dca
devfreq Merge branch 'akpm' (updates from Andrew Morton) 2013-07-03 17:12:13 -07:00
dio
dma drivers/dma/iop-adma.c: fix new warnings 2013-07-09 10:33:19 -07:00
edac Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
eisa
extcon drivers: avoid format string in dev_set_name 2013-07-03 16:07:41 -07:00
firewire
firmware efivars: check for EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES 2013-07-11 11:00:31 +01:00
fmc
gpio Power management and ACPI updates for 3.11-rc1 2013-07-03 14:35:40 -07:00
gpu ACPI video support fixes for 3.11 2013-07-21 10:11:04 -07:00
hid Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2013-07-04 15:35:08 -07:00
hsi drivers: avoid format string in dev_set_name 2013-07-03 16:07:41 -07:00
hv
hwmon Single patch to staticize a local variable 2013-07-18 11:32:36 -07:00
hwspinlock
i2c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
ide Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/ide 2013-07-10 18:15:41 -07:00
idle
iio The first round of IIO fixes for the 3.11 cycle. 2013-07-16 22:41:38 -07:00
infiniband Main batch of InfiniBand/RDMA changes for 3.11 merge window: 2013-07-13 12:57:21 -07:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2013-07-13 18:05:13 -07:00
iommu IOMMU Updates for Linux 3.11 2013-07-10 14:46:40 -07:00
ipack
irqchip clocksource+irqchip: delete __cpuinit usage from all related files 2013-07-14 19:36:57 -04:00
isdn Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2013-07-09 18:24:39 -07:00
leds leds: mc13783: Fix "uninitialized variable" warning 2013-07-02 08:44:02 -07:00
lguest Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
macintosh
mailbox
md md/raid1: fix bio handling problems in process_checks() 2013-07-18 14:18:04 +10:00
media [media] saa7134: Fix unlocked snd_pcm_stop() call 2013-07-15 21:25:14 +02:00
memory
memstick drivers/memstick/host/r592.c: convert to module_pci_driver 2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
message drivers: avoid format strings in names passed to alloc_workqueue() 2013-07-03 16:07:41 -07:00
mfd For the 3.11 merge we only have one new MFD driver for the Kontron PLD. 2013-07-10 11:10:27 -07:00
misc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
mmc MMC highlights for 3.11: 2013-07-10 11:16:00 -07:00
mtd A couple of fixes and clean-ups, allow for assigning user-defined 2013-07-05 12:09:48 -07:00
net macvtap: do not zerocopy if iov needs more pages than MAX_SKB_FRAGS 2013-07-18 13:04:25 -07:00
nfc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2013-07-09 18:24:39 -07:00
ntb
nubus
of Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2013-07-09 18:24:39 -07:00
oprofile drivers: delete __cpuinit usage from all remaining drivers files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
parisc parisc: fix LMMIO mismatch between PAT length and MASK register 2013-07-09 22:09:16 +02:00
parport Merge branch 'akpm' (updates from Andrew Morton) 2013-07-03 17:12:13 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'akpm' (updates from Andrew Morton) 2013-07-03 17:12:13 -07:00
pcmcia Driver core patches for 3.11-rc1 2013-07-02 11:44:19 -07:00
pinctrl Pin control changes for the v3.11 kernel cycle: 2013-07-03 11:48:03 -07:00
platform x86 platform drivers: fix gpio leak 2013-07-10 15:42:51 -04:00
pnp PNP / ACPI: avoid garbage in resource name 2013-07-18 01:38:59 +02:00
power Nothing exciting this time, just assorted fixes and cleanups. 2013-07-10 11:13:00 -07:00
pps pps-gpio: add device-tree binding and support 2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
ps3
ptp
pwm
rapidio Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
regulator For the 3.11 merge we only have one new MFD driver for the Kontron PLD. 2013-07-10 11:10:27 -07:00
remoteproc Trivial remoteproc fixes by Suman Anna, Wei Yongjun and Thomas Meyer. 2013-07-11 12:35:09 -07:00
reset
rpmsg
rtc For the 3.11 merge we only have one new MFD driver for the Kontron PLD. 2013-07-10 11:10:27 -07:00
s390 s390/zcrypt: Alias for new zcrypt device driver base module 2013-07-19 08:37:39 +02:00
sbus
scsi SCSI for-linus on 20130713 2013-07-13 17:41:21 -07:00
sfi
sh
sn
spi Merge remote-tracking branch 'spi/fix/xilinx' into spi-linus 2013-07-15 11:46:16 +01:00
ssb Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
staging Staging tree fixes for 3.11-rc2 2013-07-20 15:42:38 -07:00
target Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2013-07-11 12:57:19 -07:00
tc
thermal Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rzhang/linux 2013-07-11 12:26:08 -07:00
tty Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
uio uio: use vma_pages() to replace (vm_end - vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT 2013-07-03 16:07:26 -07:00
usb Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
uwb drivers: avoid format string in dev_set_name 2013-07-03 16:07:41 -07:00
vfio vfio Updates for v3.11 2013-07-10 14:50:08 -07:00
vhost Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2013-07-11 12:57:19 -07:00
video uvesafb: Really allow mtrr being 0, as documented and warn()ed 2013-07-16 10:24:28 +10:00
virt
virtio No real surprises. 2013-07-10 14:50:58 -07:00
vlynq
vme
w1 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2408.c: add magic sequence to disable P0 test mode 2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
watchdog Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-07-13 14:52:21 -07:00
xen drivers: delete __cpuinit usage from all remaining drivers files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
zorro
Kconfig For the 3.11 merge we only have one new MFD driver for the Kontron PLD. 2013-07-10 11:10:27 -07:00
Makefile For the 3.11 merge we only have one new MFD driver for the Kontron PLD. 2013-07-10 11:10:27 -07:00