RE: [PATCH v4 1/1] drm/i915/display: Add quirk to force backlight type on some TUXEDO devices
From: Kandpal, Suraj
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 01:19:44 EST
> Subject: [PATCH v4 1/1] drm/i915/display: Add quirk to force backlight type on
> some TUXEDO devices
>
> The display backlight on TUXEDO DX1708 and InsanityBook 15 v1 have a broken
> VBT in the AUO 12701 and AUO 12701 panels, but not others. They are
> advertising INTEL_BACKLIGHT_DISPLAY_DDI, but are actually failing to use the
> Intel interface. Adding a fallback to the VESA interface gives these devices a
> working backlight for both the broken and non broken panel VBTs.
>
> Forcing the fallback can already be achieved via a module parameter, but this
> patch adds a quirk to apply this by default on the mentioned devices.
>
> This patch does not actually test for the exact panels as the ID that is used in
We don't refer to the current code as patch but as a commit because as soon as it gets merged
It's a commit. No need to send the patch again this can be fixed while merging.
Other than that
LGTM,
Reviewed-by: Suraj Kandpal <suraj.kandpal@xxxxxxxxx>
> the intel_dpcd_quirks list is sadly zeroed on the devices, but afaik all these
> devices use try_intel_interface first anyway so all the quirk does is to add the
> fallback to try_vesa_interface, so the behaviour on the devices not needing the
> quirk and fallback should functionally stay the same.
>
> Fixes: f30fddb44023 ("Revert "drm/i915/backlight: Remove
> try_vesa_interface"")
> Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/i915/kernel/-/work_items/15679
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Werner Sembach <wse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
> index 266e042e00237..d84def79c4bfb 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
> #include "intel_display_types.h"
> #include "intel_dp.h"
> #include "intel_dp_aux_backlight.h"
> +#include "intel_quirks.h"
>
> /*
> * DP AUX registers for Intel's proprietary HDR backlight interface. We define
> @@ -687,11 +688,30 @@ int intel_dp_aux_init_backlight_funcs(struct
> intel_connector *connector)
> struct drm_device *dev = connector->base.dev;
> struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
> bool try_intel_interface = false, try_vesa_interface = false;
> + int enable_dpcd_backlight;
> +
> + /*
> + * Some devices have a broken VBT in some Panels, but not others,
> + * advertising INTEL_BACKLIGHT_DISPLAY_DDI, but actually failing to
> use
> + * the Intel interface. Adding a fallback to the Vesa interface gives
> + * these devices a working backlight for both the broken and non
> broken
> + * panel VBTs.
> + *
> + * This fallback can not be made the general default as this has broken
> + * other devices in the past whose VBT correctly reports
> + * INTEL_BACKLIGHT_DISPLAY_DDI and whose PWM path is the actual
> + * backlight control, but whose DPCD optimistically advertises
> + * DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_AUX_ENABLE_CAP /
> _BRIGHTNESS_AUX_SET_CAP.
> + */
> + enable_dpcd_backlight = display->params.enable_dpcd_backlight;
> + if (enable_dpcd_backlight == INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_AUTO &&
> + intel_has_dpcd_quirk(intel_dp, QUIRK_ENABLE_DPCD_BACKLIGHT))
> + enable_dpcd_backlight = INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_ON;
>
> /* Check the VBT and user's module parameters to figure out which
> * interfaces to probe
> */
> - switch (display->params.enable_dpcd_backlight) {
> + switch (enable_dpcd_backlight) {
> case INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_OFF:
> return -ENODEV;
> case INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_AUTO:
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.c
> index 33245f44c0d50..89d82364ae45d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.c
> @@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ static void quirk_disable_psr2(struct intel_display
> *display)
> drm_info(display->drm, "PSR2 support not currently available for this
> setup, applying disable PSR2 quirk\n"); }
>
> +static void quirk_enable_dpcd_backlight(struct intel_dp *intel_dp) {
> + struct intel_display *display = to_intel_display(intel_dp);
> +
> + intel_set_dpcd_quirk(intel_dp, QUIRK_ENABLE_DPCD_BACKLIGHT);
> + drm_info(display->drm, "Applying Enable DPCD Backlight quirk\n"); }
> +
> struct intel_quirk {
> int device;
> int subsystem_vendor;
> @@ -286,6 +294,22 @@ static const struct intel_dpcd_quirk
> intel_dpcd_quirks[] = {
> .sink_oui = SINK_OUI(0x00, 0x22, 0xb9),
> .hook = quirk_disable_edp_panel_replay,
> },
> + /* TUXEDO InsanityBook 15 v1 */
> + {
> + .device = 0x591b,
> + .subsystem_vendor = 0x1558,
> + .subsystem_device = 0x9501,
> + .sink_oui = SINK_OUI(0x38, 0xec, 0x11),
> + .hook = quirk_enable_dpcd_backlight,
> + },
> + /* TUXEDO DX1708 */
> + {
> + .device = 0x3e9b,
> + .subsystem_vendor = 0x1558,
> + .subsystem_device = 0x8500,
> + .sink_oui = SINK_OUI(0x38, 0xec, 0x11),
> + .hook = quirk_enable_dpcd_backlight,
> + },
> };
>
> void intel_init_quirks(struct intel_display *display) diff --git
> a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.h
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.h
> index 970a4fe52fafc..4996419ae76bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_quirks.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum intel_quirk_id {
> QUIRK_EDP_LIMIT_RATE_HBR2,
> QUIRK_DISABLE_EDP_PANEL_REPLAY,
> QUIRK_DISABLE_PSR2,
> + QUIRK_ENABLE_DPCD_BACKLIGHT,
> };
>
> void intel_init_quirks(struct intel_display *display);
> --
> 2.43.0