[PATCH] platform/x86: tuxedo-laptop: Add MECHREVO WUJIE Series keyboard backlight

From: Donjuanplatinum

Date: Sat May 09 2026 - 14:25:12 EST


Add support for the RGB keyboard backlight found on the MECHREVO WUJIE
Series laptop (WUJIE Series-X5SP4NAG), which uses the same
Clevo/Tongfang EC platform as supported TUXEDO devices.

The keyboard backlight is controlled from three EC registers for the RGB
color channels (EC_ADDR_RGB_{RED,GREEN,BLUE}) and EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS
for the global brightness level. The EC firmware encodes the brightness
in KBD_BRIGHTNESS (bits [7:5] of EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS) as a 3-bit field,
but only responds correctly to levels 0-4; writing values 5-7 causes the
EC to immediately reset the backlight to level 0. This behaviour was
identified by observing that the Windows driver (MECHREVO Center2)
stores only values in the range [0, 4] for both AC and DC brightness, and
confirmed on hardware by testing that brightness recovers after the write
sequence is corrected. KBD_MAX_BRIGHTNESS_LEVEL enforces this limit and
documents the reason, so future contributors do not reintroduce the bug.

The backlight is exposed as a multicolor LED class device with the
"kbd_backlight" function. Feature detection is performed at probe time
by reading the RGB_KEYBOARD capability bit from EC_ADDR_SUPPORT_2, so
the keyboard LED is only registered when the EC reports it as present.

Signed-off-by: Donjuanplatinum <donplat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 153 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c
index 945df5092..e0986542a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c
@@ -230,6 +230,17 @@
#define KBD_TURBO_LEVEL_MASK GENMASK(3, 2)
#define KBD_APPLY BIT(4)
#define KBD_BRIGHTNESS GENMASK(7, 5)
+/*
+ * The EC brightness field (KBD_BRIGHTNESS, bits [7:5] of EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS)
+ * is a 3-bit value but the EC firmware only responds correctly to levels 0-4.
+ * Writing values 5-7 causes the EC to reset the backlight to level 0.
+ *
+ * This limit has only been verified on the MECHREVO WUJIE Series. If other
+ * devices with RGB keyboard support (UNIWILL_FEATURE_KBD_BACKLIGHT) are added
+ * in the future and have a different valid range, this constant should be moved
+ * into struct uniwill_device_descriptor as a per-device field.
+ */
+#define KBD_MAX_BRIGHTNESS_LEVEL 4

#define EC_ADDR_FAN_CTRL 0x078E
#define FAN3P5 BIT(1)
@@ -327,6 +338,7 @@
#define UNIWILL_FEATURE_SECONDARY_FAN BIT(8)
#define UNIWILL_FEATURE_NVIDIA_CTGP_CONTROL BIT(9)
#define UNIWILL_FEATURE_USB_C_POWER_PRIORITY BIT(10)
+#define UNIWILL_FEATURE_KBD_BACKLIGHT BIT(11)

enum usb_c_power_priority_options {
USB_C_POWER_PRIORITY_CHARGING = 0,
@@ -348,6 +360,9 @@ struct uniwill_data {
struct mutex led_lock; /* Protects writes to the lightbar registers */
struct led_classdev_mc led_mc_cdev;
struct mc_subled led_mc_subled_info[LED_CHANNELS];
+ struct mutex kbd_led_lock; /* Protects writes to keyboard LED registers */
+ struct led_classdev_mc kbd_led_mc_cdev;
+ struct mc_subled kbd_led_mc_subled_info[LED_CHANNELS];
struct mutex input_lock; /* Protects input sequence during notify */
struct input_dev *input_device;
struct notifier_block nb;
@@ -538,6 +553,10 @@ static bool uniwill_writeable_reg(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
case EC_ADDR_CTGP_DB_TPP_OFFSET:
case EC_ADDR_CTGP_DB_DB_OFFSET:
case EC_ADDR_USB_C_POWER_PRIORITY:
+ case EC_ADDR_RGB_RED:
+ case EC_ADDR_RGB_GREEN:
+ case EC_ADDR_RGB_BLUE:
+ case EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS:
return true;
default:
return false;
@@ -577,6 +596,11 @@ static bool uniwill_readable_reg(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
case EC_ADDR_CTGP_DB_TPP_OFFSET:
case EC_ADDR_CTGP_DB_DB_OFFSET:
case EC_ADDR_USB_C_POWER_PRIORITY:
+ case EC_ADDR_SUPPORT_2:
+ case EC_ADDR_RGB_RED:
+ case EC_ADDR_RGB_GREEN:
+ case EC_ADDR_RGB_BLUE:
+ case EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS:
return true;
default:
return false;
@@ -1223,6 +1247,119 @@ static int uniwill_hwmon_init(struct uniwill_data *data)
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hdev);
}

+static const unsigned int uniwill_kbd_led_channel_to_reg[LED_CHANNELS] = {
+ EC_ADDR_RGB_RED,
+ EC_ADDR_RGB_GREEN,
+ EC_ADDR_RGB_BLUE,
+};
+
+static int uniwill_kbd_led_brightness_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
+ enum led_brightness brightness)
+{
+ struct led_classdev_mc *led_mc_cdev = lcdev_to_mccdev(led_cdev);
+ struct uniwill_data *data = container_of(led_mc_cdev, struct uniwill_data, kbd_led_mc_cdev);
+ unsigned int value;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = led_mc_calc_color_components(led_mc_cdev, brightness);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&data->kbd_led_lock);
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < LED_CHANNELS; i++) {
+ value = min(LED_MAX_BRIGHTNESS, data->kbd_led_mc_subled_info[i].brightness);
+ ret = regmap_write(data->regmap, uniwill_kbd_led_channel_to_reg[i], value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ value = FIELD_PREP(KBD_BRIGHTNESS,
+ DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(brightness * KBD_MAX_BRIGHTNESS_LEVEL,
+ LED_MAX_BRIGHTNESS)) | KBD_APPLY;
+ ret = regmap_update_bits(data->regmap, EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS,
+ KBD_BRIGHTNESS | KBD_APPLY, value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ return regmap_write_bits(data->regmap, EC_ADDR_TRIGGER, RGB_APPLY_COLOR, RGB_APPLY_COLOR);
+}
+
+static int uniwill_kbd_led_probe(struct uniwill_data *data)
+{
+ unsigned int value;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, EC_ADDR_SUPPORT_2, &value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (!(value & RGB_KEYBOARD))
+ return 0;
+
+ data->features |= UNIWILL_FEATURE_KBD_BACKLIGHT;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int uniwill_kbd_led_init(struct uniwill_data *data)
+{
+ struct led_init_data init_data = {
+ .devicename = DRIVER_NAME,
+ .default_label = "multicolor:" LED_FUNCTION_KBD_BACKLIGHT,
+ .devname_mandatory = true,
+ };
+ const unsigned int color_indices[3] = {
+ LED_COLOR_ID_RED,
+ LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN,
+ LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE,
+ };
+ unsigned int value;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!uniwill_device_supports(data, UNIWILL_FEATURE_KBD_BACKLIGHT))
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = devm_mutex_init(data->dev, &data->kbd_led_lock);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.led_cdev.color = LED_COLOR_ID_MULTI;
+ data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.led_cdev.max_brightness = LED_MAX_BRIGHTNESS;
+ data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.led_cdev.flags = LED_REJECT_NAME_CONFLICT;
+ data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.led_cdev.brightness_set_blocking = uniwill_kbd_led_brightness_set;
+
+ ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS, &value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.led_cdev.brightness =
+ DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(FIELD_GET(KBD_BRIGHTNESS, value) * LED_MAX_BRIGHTNESS,
+ KBD_MAX_BRIGHTNESS_LEVEL);
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < LED_CHANNELS; i++) {
+ data->kbd_led_mc_subled_info[i].color_index = color_indices[i];
+
+ ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, uniwill_kbd_led_channel_to_reg[i], &value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ value = min(LED_MAX_BRIGHTNESS, value);
+ ret = regmap_write(data->regmap, uniwill_kbd_led_channel_to_reg[i], value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ data->kbd_led_mc_subled_info[i].intensity = value;
+ data->kbd_led_mc_subled_info[i].channel = i;
+ }
+
+ data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.subled_info = data->kbd_led_mc_subled_info;
+ data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.num_colors = LED_CHANNELS;
+
+ return devm_led_classdev_multicolor_register_ext(data->dev, &data->kbd_led_mc_cdev,
+ &init_data);
+}
+
static const unsigned int uniwill_led_channel_to_bat_reg[LED_CHANNELS] = {
EC_ADDR_LIGHTBAR_BAT_RED,
EC_ADDR_LIGHTBAR_BAT_GREEN,
@@ -1654,6 +1791,10 @@ static int uniwill_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return ret;
}

+ ret = uniwill_kbd_led_probe(data);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
ret = uniwill_battery_init(data);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -1662,6 +1803,10 @@ static int uniwill_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

+ ret = uniwill_kbd_led_init(data);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
ret = uniwill_hwmon_init(data);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -2193,6 +2338,14 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id uniwill_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
},
.driver_data = &tux_featureset_3_nvidia_descriptor,
},
+ {
+ .ident = "MECHREVO WUJIE Series",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "MECHREVO"),
+ DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "WUJIE Series-X5SP4NAG"),
+ },
+ .driver_data = &tux_featureset_3_descriptor,
+ },
{
.ident = "TUXEDO Polaris 15 Gen1 AMD",
.matches = {
--
2.53.0