[PATCH 5/5] platform/x86: lg-laptop: Fix keyboard backlight support on LG Gram 16T90SP
From: Armin Wolf
Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 15:41:32 EST
On the LG Gram 16T90SP, the ACPI firmware will only accept the values
0x80, 0xA2 and 0xA4 when setting the keyboard backlight. After a bit
of research using ACPI tables from older models it seems that bit 8
is supposed to be always written as 1.
Fix the keyboard backlight support on this model by always setting
bit 8 inside the argument passed to the WMAB ACPI control method.
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c
index d1b33a6b5206..22f8a6368f7c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_debug, "Enable printing of firmware debug messages");
#define WMBB_USB_CHARGE 0x10B
#define WMBB_BATT_LIMIT 0x10C
+#define KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_MASK GENMASK(4, 0)
+#define KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_OFF 0x0
+#define KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_HALF 0x2
+#define KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_FULL 0x4
+#define KBD_LED_MODE_MASK GENMASK(6, 5)
+#define KBD_LED_MODE_OFF 0x0
+#define KBD_LED_MODE_ON 0x1
+#define KBD_LED_STATUS BIT(7)
+#define KBD_LED_MAGIC_MASK GENMASK(15, 8)
+/* Exact purpose is unknown, maybe some sort of brightness limit? */
+#define KBD_LED_MAGIC 0x05
+
#define FAN_MODE_LOWER GENMASK(1, 0)
#define FAN_MODE_UPPER GENMASK(5, 4)
@@ -601,15 +613,25 @@ static LED_DEVICE(tpad_led, 1, 0);
static void kbd_backlight_set(struct led_classdev *cdev,
enum led_brightness brightness)
{
- u32 val;
+ /* Must always be written */
+ u32 value = KBD_LED_STATUS;
+ u32 mode, bright;
+
+ if (brightness <= LED_OFF) {
+ mode = KBD_LED_MODE_OFF;
+ bright = KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_OFF;
+ } else {
+ mode = KBD_LED_MODE_ON;
+ if (brightness >= LED_FULL)
+ bright = KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_FULL;
+ else
+ bright = KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_HALF;
+ }
- val = 0x22;
- if (brightness <= LED_OFF)
- val = 0;
- if (brightness >= LED_FULL)
- val = 0x24;
+ value |= FIELD_PREP(KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_MASK, bright);
+ value |= FIELD_PREP(KBD_LED_MODE_MASK, mode);
- lg_wmab_set(cdev->dev->parent, WM_KEY_LIGHT, val);
+ lg_wmab_set(cdev->dev->parent, WM_KEY_LIGHT, value);
}
static enum led_brightness get_kbd_backlight_level(struct device *dev)
@@ -621,13 +643,16 @@ static enum led_brightness get_kbd_backlight_level(struct device *dev)
if (ret < 0)
return LED_OFF;
- if ((value & 0xFF00) != 0x0500)
+ if (FIELD_GET(KBD_LED_MAGIC_MASK, value) != KBD_LED_MAGIC)
+ return LED_OFF;
+
+ if (FIELD_GET(KBD_LED_MODE_MASK, value) == KBD_LED_MODE_OFF)
return LED_OFF;
- switch (value & 0x27) {
- case 0x24:
+ switch (FIELD_GET(KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_MASK, value)) {
+ case KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_FULL:
return LED_FULL;
- case 0x22:
+ case KBD_LED_BRIGHTNESS_HALF:
return LED_HALF;
default:
return LED_OFF;
--
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