From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
To: Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>,
hansg@kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Remove single color keyboard detection
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:59:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b80c9699-b7f1-4a31-b8ea-bdbad1d8d10f@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7efb476a-673e-46e3-9845-dcedca76c63a@tuxedocomputers.com>
Am 15.07.26 um 17:16 schrieb Werner Sembach:
>
> Am 11.07.26 um 00:35 schrieb Armin Wolf:
>> It turns out that the code for detecting single color keyboards
>> might not work correctly on future models. Remove it and use the
>> device descriptor instead.
> Technically: It already doesn't work reliable on old devices, that's
> why the device list inside the init function was required. This patch
> is basically to move this to the device_descriptor struct that is
> already present.
Good catch, i will reword this.
>
>>
>> Suggested-by: Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
>> ---
>> drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c | 32 +++++++--------------
>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c
>> b/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c
>> index d27f316800f6..4591ee299a90 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-acpi.c
>> @@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
>> #define FAN_CURVE_LENGTH 5
>> #define EC_ADDR_KBD_STATUS 0x078C
>> +/* Unreliable */
>> #define KBD_WHITE_ONLY BIT(0)
>> #define KBD_POWER_OFF BIT(1)
>> #define KBD_TURBO_LEVEL_MASK GENMASK(3, 2)
>> @@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ struct uniwill_data {
>> u8 lightbar_max_brightness;
>> struct led_classdev_mc led_mc_cdev;
>> struct mc_subled led_mc_subled_info[LED_CHANNELS];
>> - bool single_color_kbd;
>> + bool kbd_led_single_color;
>> u8 kbd_led_max_brightness;
>> unsigned int last_kbd_status;
>> union {
>> @@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ struct uniwill_battery_entry {
>> struct uniwill_device_descriptor {
>> unsigned int features;
>> + bool kbd_led_single_color;
>
> Why do this as a bool instead of a UNIWILL_FEATURE_* define? We
> already have mutually exclusive UNIWILL_FEATURE_* defines for the
> charging modes.
>
> Best regards
>
> Werner
I decided against that because both feature defines would effectively control the same hardware registers.
Instead i decided to have a common code path for the whole keyboard backlight feature and use a flag for
the RGB support instead.
This also integrates better with the existing code IMHO.
Thanks,
Armin Wolf
>
>> u8 kbd_led_max_brightness;
>> u8 lightbar_max_brightness;
>> /* Executed during driver probing */
>> @@ -1629,7 +1631,7 @@ static int uniwill_notify_kbd_led(struct
>> uniwill_data *data, int brightness)
>> struct led_classdev *led_cdev;
>> int ret;
>> - if (data->single_color_kbd)
>> + if (data->kbd_led_single_color)
>> led_cdev = &data->kbd_led_cdev;
>> else
>> led_cdev = &data->kbd_led_mc_cdev.led_cdev;
>> @@ -1858,24 +1860,7 @@ static int uniwill_kbd_led_init(struct
>> uniwill_data *data)
>> if (ret < 0)
>> return ret;
>> - switch (data->project_id) {
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PF:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PF4MU_PF4MN_PF5MU:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PH4TRX1:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PH4TUX1:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PH4TQX1:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PH6TRX1:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PH6TQXX:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PHXAXXX:
>> - case PROJECT_ID_PHXPXXX:
>> - data->single_color_kbd = true;
>> - break;
>> - default:
>> - data->single_color_kbd = regval & KBD_WHITE_ONLY;
>> - break;
>> - }
>> -
>> - if (data->single_color_kbd)
>> + if (data->kbd_led_single_color)
>> return uniwill_white_kbd_led_init(data);
>> return uniwill_rgb_kbd_led_init(data);
>> @@ -2351,6 +2336,7 @@ static int uniwill_probe(struct platform_device
>> *pdev)
>> return ret;
>> data->features = device_descriptor.features;
>> + data->kbd_led_single_color =
>> device_descriptor.kbd_led_single_color;
>> data->kbd_led_max_brightness =
>> device_descriptor.kbd_led_max_brightness;
>> data->lightbar_max_brightness =
>> device_descriptor.lightbar_max_brightness;
>> @@ -2580,7 +2566,7 @@ static int uniwill_resume_kbd_led(struct
>> uniwill_data *data)
>> if (ret < 0)
>> return ret;
>> - if (data->single_color_kbd)
>> + if (data->kbd_led_single_color)
>> return 0;
>> return regmap_write_bits(data->regmap, EC_ADDR_TRIGGER,
>> RGB_APPLY_COLOR, RGB_APPLY_COLOR);
>> @@ -2687,6 +2673,7 @@ static struct uniwill_device_descriptor
>> machenike_l16p_descriptor __initdata = {
>> UNIWILL_FEATURE_KEYBOARD_BACKLIGHT |
>> UNIWILL_FEATURE_AC_AUTO_BOOT |
>> UNIWILL_FEATURE_USB_POWERSHARE,
>> + .kbd_led_single_color = false,
>> .kbd_led_max_brightness = 4,
>> };
>> @@ -2869,6 +2856,7 @@ static struct uniwill_device_descriptor
>> x4sp4nal_descriptor __initdata = {
>> UNIWILL_FEATURE_KEYBOARD_BACKLIGHT |
>> UNIWILL_FEATURE_AC_AUTO_BOOT |
>> UNIWILL_FEATURE_USB_POWERSHARE,
>> + .kbd_led_single_color = true,
>> .kbd_led_max_brightness = 2,
>> };
>> @@ -3363,6 +3351,8 @@ static int __init uniwill_init(void)
>> if (force) {
>> /* Assume that the device supports all features except the
>> charge limit */
>> device_descriptor.features = UINT_MAX &
>> ~UNIWILL_FEATURE_BATTERY_CHARGE_LIMIT;
>> + /* Some models only have a (white) single color keyboard
>> backlight */
>> + device_descriptor.kbd_led_single_color = false;
>> /* Some models only support 3 brightness levels */
>> device_descriptor.kbd_led_max_brightness = 4;
>> /* Some models only support 36 brightness levels per color
>> component */
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-15 23:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 22:35 [PATCH v2 0/3] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Prepare for extending keyboard backlight support Armin Wolf
2026-07-10 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Split uniwill_kbd_led_init() Armin Wolf
2026-07-15 15:12 ` Werner Sembach
2026-07-15 23:56 ` Armin Wolf
2026-07-16 15:10 ` Werner Sembach
2026-07-10 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Remove single color keyboard detection Armin Wolf
2026-07-15 15:16 ` Werner Sembach
2026-07-15 23:59 ` Armin Wolf [this message]
2026-07-10 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Make KBD_LED_MAX_INTENSITY configurable Armin Wolf
2026-07-15 15:19 ` Werner Sembach
2026-07-16 15:12 ` Werner Sembach
2026-07-16 16:20 ` Armin Wolf
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