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SubjectRe: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi: Add support for keyboard backlight
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On Mon, Jan 4, 2016, at 18:12, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > This patch adds support for controlling keyboard backlight via standard
> > linux led class interface (::kbd_backlight). It uses ACPI HKEY device with
> > MLCG and MLCS methods.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
> > Tested-by: Fabio D'Urso <fabiodurso@hotmail.it>
>
> On my thinkpad, keyboard light is controlled by
>
> /sys/class/leds/tpacpi\:\:thinklight/brightness
>
> (that's a bad name).

That's because the driver was not updated to support your laptop, AND I
don't recall if someone mapped the full behavior of the ACPI thinklight
interface in your thinkpad :-(

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