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Date:      Sun, 1 Feb 2015 10:41:25 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Andrew Wilcox <AWilcox@Wilcox-Tech.com>
Cc:        'freebsd-current' <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: drm2 regression: backlight adjustment on ivybridge no longer works
Message-ID:  <20150201094124.GO41565@e-new.0x20.net>
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On Sun, Feb 01, 2015 at 03:35:15AM -0600, Andrew Wilcox wrote:
> Lars Engels sent: 01 February 2015 03:18:
> > With acpi_video I get some interesting sysctl:
> > hw.acpi.video.lcd0.levels: 100 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
> > 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
> > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
> > 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87
> > 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
> >=20
> > I guess it should not be 100 100 0 ... 100?
>=20
> Actually, the "standard" internal ACPI brightness level struct (BRTN in t=
he DSDT) is laid out as:
>=20
> * "Full power" value (one byte, the value at which the brightness should =
be set on AC by default)
> * "Economy" value (one byte, the value at which the brightness should be =
set on battery by default)
> * Actual values (N bytes, up to Max but frequently not)
>=20
> So, no, that value indeed sounds correct.  On my laptop the value is:
> 80 47 0 7 13 20 27 33 40 47 53 60 67 73 80 87 93 100

Thank you for the explanation.
FWIW, here is the full output from sysctl hw.acpi.video.lcd0:

hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.brightness: 11
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.fullpower: 100
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.economy: 100
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.levels: 100 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
hw.acpi.video.crt0.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.ext0.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.ext1.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.ext2.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.ext3.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.ext4.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.ext5.active: 1

>=20
> What revision of -CURRENT are you running?  What is the outcome of
> trying the patch posted Saturday morning (UTC) from Elizabeth Myers
> (message ID <54CC5311.9070604@interlinked.me>)?
>=20

I'm currently running r277858 and haven't tried the patch, yet. But will
do now and report back.



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