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Date:      Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:55:59 +0200
From:      Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org,  svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r277959 - head/sys/dev/drm2/i915
Message-ID:  <54CCC2CF.3030400@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201501310213.t0V2DQ8c029198@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201501310213.t0V2DQ8c029198@svn.freebsd.org>

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On 31.01.2015 04:13, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Author: adrian
> Date: Sat Jan 31 02:13:25 2015
> New Revision: 277959
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/277959
> 
> Log:
>   Fix backlight for ivybridge based laptops (and whatever else comes through
>   this codepath.)
>   
>   (1<<30) is documented as BLM_PCH_OVERRIDE_ENABLE, which the current
>   i915 driver in Linux only sets for broadwell chips.
>   
>   This fixes the backlight control on the Lenovo X230.

I've just updated my IvyBridge Asus UX31A after last few months and
brightness control is now working! Yay! Thanks to everybody related!

The odd effect though is that backlight is getting disabled as soon as
xorg starts. First press of hardware brightness keys fixes the issue,
but first time I was quite confused. Any idea what may set such default?

-- 
Alexander Motin



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