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authorMichal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>2010-10-28 00:15:57 +0200
committerMichal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>2010-10-28 00:15:57 +0200
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parentscripts/namespace.pl: improve to get more correct results (diff)
parentLinux 2.6.36 (diff)
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Merge commit 'v2.6.36' into kbuild/misc
Update to be able to fix a recent change to scripts/basic/docproc.c (commit eda603f).
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/laptops')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/Makefile8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/dslm.c166
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt172
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt145
6 files changed, 251 insertions, 248 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
index ee5692b26dd4..fa688538e757 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
- This file
acer-wmi.txt
- information on the Acer Laptop WMI Extras driver.
+asus-laptop.txt
+ - information on the Asus Laptop Extras driver.
+disk-shock-protection.txt
+ - information on hard disk shock protection.
+dslm.c
+ - Simple Disk Sleep Monitor program
laptop-mode.txt
- how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode.
sony-laptop.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/Makefile b/Documentation/laptops/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cb144af3c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# kbuild trick to avoid linker error. Can be omitted if a module is built.
+obj- := dummy.o
+
+# List of programs to build
+hostprogs-y := dslm
+
+# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt
index 0768fcc3ba3e..4beafa663dd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Credits
*******
Olaf Tauber, who did the real hard work when he developed acerhk
-http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~tauber/acerhk
+http://www.cakey.de/acerhk/
All the authors of laptop ACPI modules in the kernel, whose work
was an inspiration in the early days of acer_acpi
Mathieu Segaud, who solved the problem with having to modprobe the driver
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/dslm.c b/Documentation/laptops/dslm.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72ff290c5fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/dslm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * dslm.c
+ * Simple Disk Sleep Monitor
+ * by Bartek Kania
+ * Licenced under the GPL
+ */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/hdreg.h>
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define D(x) x
+#else
+#define D(x)
+#endif
+
+int endit = 0;
+
+/* Check if the disk is in powersave-mode
+ * Most of the code is stolen from hdparm.
+ * 1 = active, 0 = standby/sleep, -1 = unknown */
+static int check_powermode(int fd)
+{
+ unsigned char args[4] = {WIN_CHECKPOWERMODE1,0,0,0};
+ int state;
+
+ if (ioctl(fd, HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, &args)
+ && (args[0] = WIN_CHECKPOWERMODE2) /* try again with 0x98 */
+ && ioctl(fd, HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, &args)) {
+ if (errno != EIO || args[0] != 0 || args[1] != 0) {
+ state = -1; /* "unknown"; */
+ } else
+ state = 0; /* "sleeping"; */
+ } else {
+ state = (args[2] == 255) ? 1 : 0;
+ }
+ D(printf(" drive state is: %d\n", state));
+
+ return state;
+}
+
+static char *state_name(int i)
+{
+ if (i == -1) return "unknown";
+ if (i == 0) return "sleeping";
+ if (i == 1) return "active";
+
+ return "internal error";
+}
+
+static char *myctime(time_t time)
+{
+ char *ts = ctime(&time);
+ ts[strlen(ts) - 1] = 0;
+
+ return ts;
+}
+
+static void measure(int fd)
+{
+ time_t start_time;
+ int last_state;
+ time_t last_time;
+ int curr_state;
+ time_t curr_time = 0;
+ time_t time_diff;
+ time_t active_time = 0;
+ time_t sleep_time = 0;
+ time_t unknown_time = 0;
+ time_t total_time = 0;
+ int changes = 0;
+ float tmp;
+
+ printf("Starting measurements\n");
+
+ last_state = check_powermode(fd);
+ start_time = last_time = time(0);
+ printf(" System is in state %s\n\n", state_name(last_state));
+
+ while(!endit) {
+ sleep(1);
+ curr_state = check_powermode(fd);
+
+ if (curr_state != last_state || endit) {
+ changes++;
+ curr_time = time(0);
+ time_diff = curr_time - last_time;
+
+ if (last_state == 1) active_time += time_diff;
+ else if (last_state == 0) sleep_time += time_diff;
+ else unknown_time += time_diff;
+
+ last_state = curr_state;
+ last_time = curr_time;
+
+ printf("%s: State-change to %s\n", myctime(curr_time),
+ state_name(curr_state));
+ }
+ }
+ changes--; /* Compensate for SIGINT */
+
+ total_time = time(0) - start_time;
+ printf("\nTotal running time: %lus\n", curr_time - start_time);
+ printf(" State changed %d times\n", changes);
+
+ tmp = (float)sleep_time / (float)total_time * 100;
+ printf(" Time in sleep state: %lus (%.2f%%)\n", sleep_time, tmp);
+ tmp = (float)active_time / (float)total_time * 100;
+ printf(" Time in active state: %lus (%.2f%%)\n", active_time, tmp);
+ tmp = (float)unknown_time / (float)total_time * 100;
+ printf(" Time in unknown state: %lus (%.2f%%)\n", unknown_time, tmp);
+}
+
+static void ender(int s)
+{
+ endit = 1;
+}
+
+static void usage(void)
+{
+ puts("usage: dslm [-w <time>] <disk>");
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int fd;
+ char *disk = 0;
+ int settle_time = 60;
+
+ /* Parse the simple command-line */
+ if (argc == 2)
+ disk = argv[1];
+ else if (argc == 4) {
+ settle_time = atoi(argv[2]);
+ disk = argv[3];
+ } else
+ usage();
+
+ if (!(fd = open(disk, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK))) {
+ printf("Can't open %s, because: %s\n", disk, strerror(errno));
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+
+ if (settle_time) {
+ printf("Waiting %d seconds for the system to settle down to "
+ "'normal'\n", settle_time);
+ sleep(settle_time);
+ } else
+ puts("Not waiting for system to settle down");
+
+ signal(SIGINT, ender);
+
+ measure(fd);
+
+ close(fd);
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
index eeedee11c8c2..0bf25eebce94 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Tips & Tricks
* Drew Scott Daniels observed: "I don't know why, but when I decrease the number
of colours that my display uses it consumes less battery power. I've seen
this on powerbooks too. I hope that this is a piece of information that
- might be useful to the Laptop Mode patch or it's users."
+ might be useful to the Laptop Mode patch or its users."
* In syslog.conf, you can prefix entries with a dash ``-'' to omit syncing the
file after every logging. When you're using laptop-mode and your disk doesn't
@@ -779,172 +779,4 @@ Monitoring tool
---------------
Bartek Kania submitted this, it can be used to measure how much time your disk
-spends spun up/down.
-
----------------------------dslm.c BEGIN-----------------------------------------
-/*
- * Simple Disk Sleep Monitor
- * by Bartek Kania
- * Licenced under the GPL
- */
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <linux/hdreg.h>
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-#define D(x) x
-#else
-#define D(x)
-#endif
-
-int endit = 0;
-
-/* Check if the disk is in powersave-mode
- * Most of the code is stolen from hdparm.
- * 1 = active, 0 = standby/sleep, -1 = unknown */
-int check_powermode(int fd)
-{
- unsigned char args[4] = {WIN_CHECKPOWERMODE1,0,0,0};
- int state;
-
- if (ioctl(fd, HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, &args)
- && (args[0] = WIN_CHECKPOWERMODE2) /* try again with 0x98 */
- && ioctl(fd, HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, &args)) {
- if (errno != EIO || args[0] != 0 || args[1] != 0) {
- state = -1; /* "unknown"; */
- } else
- state = 0; /* "sleeping"; */
- } else {
- state = (args[2] == 255) ? 1 : 0;
- }
- D(printf(" drive state is: %d\n", state));
-
- return state;
-}
-
-char *state_name(int i)
-{
- if (i == -1) return "unknown";
- if (i == 0) return "sleeping";
- if (i == 1) return "active";
-
- return "internal error";
-}
-
-char *myctime(time_t time)
-{
- char *ts = ctime(&time);
- ts[strlen(ts) - 1] = 0;
-
- return ts;
-}
-
-void measure(int fd)
-{
- time_t start_time;
- int last_state;
- time_t last_time;
- int curr_state;
- time_t curr_time = 0;
- time_t time_diff;
- time_t active_time = 0;
- time_t sleep_time = 0;
- time_t unknown_time = 0;
- time_t total_time = 0;
- int changes = 0;
- float tmp;
-
- printf("Starting measurements\n");
-
- last_state = check_powermode(fd);
- start_time = last_time = time(0);
- printf(" System is in state %s\n\n", state_name(last_state));
-
- while(!endit) {
- sleep(1);
- curr_state = check_powermode(fd);
-
- if (curr_state != last_state || endit) {
- changes++;
- curr_time = time(0);
- time_diff = curr_time - last_time;
-
- if (last_state == 1) active_time += time_diff;
- else if (last_state == 0) sleep_time += time_diff;
- else unknown_time += time_diff;
-
- last_state = curr_state;
- last_time = curr_time;
-
- printf("%s: State-change to %s\n", myctime(curr_time),
- state_name(curr_state));
- }
- }
- changes--; /* Compensate for SIGINT */
-
- total_time = time(0) - start_time;
- printf("\nTotal running time: %lus\n", curr_time - start_time);
- printf(" State changed %d times\n", changes);
-
- tmp = (float)sleep_time / (float)total_time * 100;
- printf(" Time in sleep state: %lus (%.2f%%)\n", sleep_time, tmp);
- tmp = (float)active_time / (float)total_time * 100;
- printf(" Time in active state: %lus (%.2f%%)\n", active_time, tmp);
- tmp = (float)unknown_time / (float)total_time * 100;
- printf(" Time in unknown state: %lus (%.2f%%)\n", unknown_time, tmp);
-}
-
-void ender(int s)
-{
- endit = 1;
-}
-
-void usage()
-{
- puts("usage: dslm [-w <time>] <disk>");
- exit(0);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
- int fd;
- char *disk = 0;
- int settle_time = 60;
-
- /* Parse the simple command-line */
- if (argc == 2)
- disk = argv[1];
- else if (argc == 4) {
- settle_time = atoi(argv[2]);
- disk = argv[3];
- } else
- usage();
-
- if (!(fd = open(disk, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK))) {
- printf("Can't open %s, because: %s\n", disk, strerror(errno));
- exit(-1);
- }
-
- if (settle_time) {
- printf("Waiting %d seconds for the system to settle down to "
- "'normal'\n", settle_time);
- sleep(settle_time);
- } else
- puts("Not waiting for system to settle down");
-
- signal(SIGINT, ender);
-
- measure(fd);
-
- close(fd);
-
- return 0;
-}
----------------------------dslm.c END-------------------------------------------
+spends spun up/down. See Documentation/laptops/dslm.c
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 75afa1229fd7..1565eefd6fd5 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -292,13 +292,13 @@ sysfs notes:
Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute
keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer,
- so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute,
- as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When
- in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as
- separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in
- future releases of this driver, in which case the
- ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semantics will be
- enforced.
+ which uses a single volume up or volume down hotkey
+ press to unmute, as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user
+ interface. When in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute
+ events are reported by the firmware and can behave
+ differently (and that behaviour changes with firmware
+ version -- not just with firmware models -- as well as
+ OSI(Linux) state).
hotkey_poll_freq:
frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ sysfs notes:
will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling
to never be reported.
- Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated
+ Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low may cause repeated
pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a
single key press, or to not even be detected at all.
The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz.
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ ACPI Scan
event code Key Notes
0x1001 0x00 FN+F1 -
+
0x1002 0x01 FN+F2 IBM: battery (rare)
Lenovo: Screen lock
@@ -404,7 +405,8 @@ event code Key Notes
this hot key, even with hot keys
disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
off
- IBM: screen lock
+ IBM: screen lock, often turns
+ off the ThinkLight as side-effect
Lenovo: battery
0x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
@@ -433,7 +435,8 @@ event code Key Notes
Do you feel lucky today?
0x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand
- Lenovo: configure UltraNav
+ Lenovo: configure UltraNav,
+ or toggle screen expand
0x1009 0x08 FN+F9 -
.. .. ..
@@ -444,7 +447,7 @@ event code Key Notes
either through the ACPI event,
or through a hotkey event.
The firmware may refuse to
- generate further FN+F4 key
+ generate further FN+F12 key
press events until a S3 or S4
ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
or some time passes.
@@ -512,15 +515,19 @@ events for switches:
SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardware rfkill rocker switch
SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
-Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
+Non hotkey ACPI HKEY event map:
+-------------------------------
+
+Events that are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
+compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1:
+
0x5001 Lid closed
0x5002 Lid opened
0x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode
0x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode
0x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state
-The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
-compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1.
+Events that are never propagated by the driver:
0x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock
0x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay
@@ -528,14 +535,39 @@ compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1.
0x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay
0x5010 Brightness level changed/control event
-The above events are never propagated by the driver.
+Events that are propagated by the driver to userspace:
+0x2313 ALARM: System is waking up from suspend because
+ the battery is nearly empty
+0x2413 ALARM: System is waking up from hibernation because
+ the battery is nearly empty
0x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again
+0x3006 Bay hotplug request (hint to power up SATA link when
+ the optical drive tray is ejected)
0x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
0x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay
0x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay
-
-The above events are propagated by the driver.
+0x6011 ALARM: battery is too hot
+0x6012 ALARM: battery is extremely hot
+0x6021 ALARM: a sensor is too hot
+0x6022 ALARM: a sensor is extremely hot
+0x6030 System thermal table changed
+
+Battery nearly empty alarms are a last resort attempt to get the
+operating system to hibernate or shutdown cleanly (0x2313), or shutdown
+cleanly (0x2413) before power is lost. They must be acted upon, as the
+wake up caused by the firmware will have negated most safety nets...
+
+When any of the "too hot" alarms happen, according to Lenovo the user
+should suspend or hibernate the laptop (and in the case of battery
+alarms, unplug the AC adapter) to let it cool down. These alarms do
+signal that something is wrong, they should never happen on normal
+operating conditions.
+
+The "extremely hot" alarms are emergencies. According to Lenovo, the
+operating system is to force either an immediate suspend or hibernate
+cycle, or a system shutdown. Obviously, something is very wrong if this
+happens.
Compatibility notes:
@@ -650,6 +682,10 @@ LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
+NOTE: Access to this feature is restricted to processes owning the
+CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for safety reasons, as it can interact badly
+enough with some versions of X.org to crash it.
+
Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
@@ -924,70 +960,21 @@ Sysfs notes:
subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
Documentation/hwmon.
+EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump
+-----------------------------------------------
-EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
-directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
-WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
-experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
-
-This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
-registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
-were dumped are marked with a star:
-
-[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
-EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
-EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
-EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
-EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
-EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
-EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
-EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
-EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
-EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
-EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
-EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
-
-This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
-speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
+This feature is not included in the thinkpad driver anymore.
+Instead the EC can be accessed through /sys/kernel/debug/ec with
+a userspace tool which can be found here:
+ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/trenn/sources/ec
+Use it to determine the register holding the fan
+speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
- make sure the battery is fully charged
- make sure the fan is running
- - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
-
-The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
-vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
-the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
-fan register with a star:
-
-[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
-EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
-EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
-EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
-EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
-EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
-EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
-EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
-EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
-EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
-EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
-EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
-
-Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
+ - use above mentioned tool to read out the EC
+
+Often fan and temperature values vary between
readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
several quick dumps to eliminate them.
@@ -1037,6 +1024,10 @@ ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native
backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard
ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad.
+If you want to use the thinkpad-acpi backlight brightness control
+instead of the generic ACPI video backlight brightness control for some
+reason, you should use the acpi_backlight=vendor kernel parameter.
+
The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether
the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available.
brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1