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    platform/x86: asus-wmi: add support for ASUS screenpad · 2c97d3e5
    Luke D. Jones authored
    Add support for the WMI methods used to turn off and adjust the
    brightness of the secondary "screenpad" device found on some high-end
    ASUS laptops like the GX650P series and others.
    
    There are some small quirks with this device when considering only the
    raw WMI methods:
    1. The Off method can only switch the device off
    2. Changing the brightness turns the device back on
    3. To turn the device back on the brightness must be > 1
    4. When the device is off the brightness can't be changed (so it is
       stored by the driver if device is off).
    5. Booting with a value of 0 brightness (retained by bios) means the bios
       will set a value of >0 <15
    6. When the device is off it is "unplugged"
    
    asus_wmi sets the minimum brightness as 20 in general use, and 60 for
    booting with values <= min.
    
    The ACPI methods are used in a new backlight device named asus_screenpad.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLuke D. Jones <luke@ljones.dev>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230830032237.42987-2-luke@ljones.devReviewed-by: default avatarHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
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