--- /dev/null
+From: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
+Subject: Do not use video backlight switching for Lenovo ThinkPads
+Patch-Mainline: never
+
+Mainline will go the IGD driver way which is too new and untested for
+SLE11.
+
+---
+ drivers/acpi/video.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
+ drivers/acpi/video_detect.c | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
++++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
+@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(s
+ {
+ acpi_handle h_dummy1;
+ u32 max_level = 0;
+-
++ unsigned long acpi_video_support;
+
+ memset(&device->cap, 0, sizeof(device->cap));
+
+@@ -759,8 +759,19 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(s
+ device->cap._DSS = 1;
+ }
+
+- if (acpi_video_backlight_support())
+- max_level = acpi_video_init_brightness(device);
++ acpi_video_support = acpi_video_backlight_support();
++ if (acpi_video_support) {
++ /*
++ * Ugly SLE11 hack to let thinkpad_acpi handle brightness on
++ * ThinkPad IGD devices
++ */
++ if (dmi_name_in_vendors("LENOVO") &&
++ (acpi_video_support & ACPI_VIDEO_IGD))
++ brightness_switch_enabled = 0;
++ else
++ max_level = acpi_video_init_brightness(device);
++ } else
++ brightness_switch_enabled = 0;
+
+ if (device->cap._BCL && device->cap._BCM && max_level > 0) {
+ int result;
+--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
++++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int acpi_video_backlight_support(void)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* Then go the default way */
+- return acpi_video_support & ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT;
++ return acpi_video_support & (ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT | ACPI_VIDEO_IGD);
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_support);
+