Patch "platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix kbd_get_state's request value" has been added to the 4.15-stable tree
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix kbd_get_state's request value
to the 4.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
platform-x86-dell-laptop-fix-kbd_get_state-s-request-value.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.
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From: Laszlo Toth <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:43:43 +0100
Subject: platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix kbd_get_state's request value
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From: Laszlo Toth <[email protected]>
commit eca39e7f0cdb9bde4003a29149fa695e876c6f73 upstream.
Commit 9862b43624a5 ("platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer on heap rather than globally")
broke one request, changed it back to the original value.
Tested on a Dell E6540, backlight came back.
--- drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c +1 -1
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static int kbd_get_state(struct kbd_statstruct calling_interface_buffer buffer;int ret; -dell_fill_request (&buffer,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ); +dell_fill_request (&buffer,0x1 ,0 ,0 ,0 ); ret =dell_send_request (&buffer,CLASS_KBD_BACKLIGHT ,SELECT_KBD_BACKLIGHT );if (ret)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are
queue-4.15/platform-x86-dell-laptop-fix-kbd_get_state-s-request-value.patch