Avoid creating non-working backlight sysfs knob from ASUS board

Bug #2060422 reported by Kai-Heng Feng
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linux (Ubuntu)
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Jammy
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Noble
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Bug Description

[Impact]
Backlight sysfs knobs created by asus-wmi don't really work, hence
systemd-backlight services are in failed state.

[Fix]
Ensure the backlight device are really present

[Test]
With the fix applied, the backlight sysfs knobs are not longer present
under /sys/class/backlight, so there's no more failed systemd-backlight
service.

[Where problems could occur]
Though highly unlikely, but if there's working device that is created
even when the WMI read is 0xffffffff, the device will be missing.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Mantic):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Noble):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jammy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Mantic):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Noble):
importance: Undecided → Low
tags: added: anle oem-priority originate-from-2031862
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Mantic):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Noble):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the linux/6.8.0-32.32 kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-noble-linux' to 'verification-done-noble-linux'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-noble-linux' to 'verification-failed-noble-linux'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: kernel-spammed-noble-linux-v2 verification-needed-noble-linux
Revision history for this message
Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the linux/5.15.0-111.121 kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-jammy-linux' to 'verification-done-jammy-linux'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-jammy-linux' to 'verification-failed-jammy-linux'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: kernel-spammed-jammy-linux-v2 verification-needed-jammy-linux
tags: added: verification-done-jammy-linux verification-done-noble-linux
removed: verification-needed-jammy-linux verification-needed-noble-linux
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