From: Armin Wolf Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:59:38 +0000 (+0100) Subject: platform/x86: acer-wmi: Ignore backlight event X-Git-Tag: v6.18-rc7~24^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=444a9256f8d106e08a6bc2dc8ef28a8699e4b3ba;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git platform/x86: acer-wmi: Ignore backlight event On the Acer Nitro AN515-58, the event 4 - 0 is send by the ACPI firmware when the backlight up/down keys are pressed. Ignore this event to avoid spamming the kernel log with error messages, as the acpi-video driver already handles brightness up/down events. Reported-by: Bugaddr Closes: https://bugaddr.tech/posts/2025-11-16-debugging-the-acer-nitro-5-an515-58-fn-f10-keyboard-backlight-bug-on-linux/#wmi-interface-issues Tested-by: Bugaddr Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117155938.3030-1-W_Armin@gmx.de Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen --- diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c index 13eb22b35aa8f..d848afc91f87d 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("wmi:676AA15E-6A47-4D9F-A2CC-1E6D18D14026"); enum acer_wmi_event_ids { WMID_HOTKEY_EVENT = 0x1, + WMID_BACKLIGHT_EVENT = 0x4, WMID_ACCEL_OR_KBD_DOCK_EVENT = 0x5, WMID_GAMING_TURBO_KEY_EVENT = 0x7, WMID_AC_EVENT = 0x8, @@ -2369,6 +2370,9 @@ static void acer_wmi_notify(union acpi_object *obj, void *context) sparse_keymap_report_event(acer_wmi_input_dev, scancode, 1, true); } break; + case WMID_BACKLIGHT_EVENT: + /* Already handled by acpi-video */ + break; case WMID_ACCEL_OR_KBD_DOCK_EVENT: acer_gsensor_event(); acer_kbd_dock_event(&return_value);