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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/video_detect.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c index 06aaec2e378b..c02e960cdbe3 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c @@ -751,6 +751,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_get_backlight_type); bool acpi_video_backlight_use_native(void) { - return __acpi_video_get_backlight_type(true) == acpi_backlight_native; + /* + * Call __acpi_video_get_backlight_type() to let it know that + * a native backlight is available. + */ + __acpi_video_get_backlight_type(true); + + /* + * For now just always return true. There is a whole bunch of laptop + * models where (video_caps & ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT) is false causing + * __acpi_video_get_backlight_type() to return vendor, while these + * models only have a native backlight control. + */ + return true; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_use_native); |