Re: Feature request - support kbd_backlight on Hewlett-Packard

[kedar kedar]

2017-11-09 19:20 GMT+01:00, Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 02:24:44PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> +Cc: correct subsystem
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:04 AM, kedar kedar <k3dar7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Can anyone please try add support for controlling keyboard backlight
>> > via sysfs on Hewlett-Packard notebooks?
>> > Maybe in a similar way as this last year patch for Thinkpad?
>> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/24/295
>> > BTW: This functionality is already supported (minimaly) on Apple,
>> > ASUS, Dell, Samsung, Sony, Thinkpad, Toshiba :-)
>>
>> I dunno if my corporate windows laptop has this feature, though I
>> can't do anything in near future regarding to this, no time.
>>
>> In any case it looks like HP stuff is kinda orphaned in PDx86
>> subsystem (just occasional fixes happen).
>
> Hi Kedar,
>
> is there a bugzilla entry open for this? If not, this is a good way to
> capture the problem and share details on the system with people that may
> be able to help but do not have the hardware platform itself.
>
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org
>
> --
> Darren Hart
> VMware Open Source Technology Center
>

Hi Darren,
Thanks for answer, opened entry on bugzilla and attach DSDT from HP 8570w:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197829
k3dAR