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-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index b3bfce953838..4bdb13796e24 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -6397,6 +6397,10 @@ static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
"or not on your ThinkPad\n", TPACPI_MAIL);
}
+ /* Added by mistake in early 2007. Probably useless, but it could
+ * be working around some unknown firmware problem where the value
+ * read at startup doesn't match the real hardware state... so leave
+ * it in place just in case */
backlight_update_status(ibm_backlight_device);
vdbg_printk(TPACPI_DBG_INIT | TPACPI_DBG_BRGHT,