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From: Atharva Tiwari <atharvatiwarilinuxdev@gmail.com>
Cc: "Atharva Tiwari" <atharvatiwarilinuxdev@gmail.com>,
	"Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] apple-gmux: preserve brightness using EFI
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:56:38 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260211092640.3231-1-atharvatiwarilinuxdev@gmail.com> (raw)

Make apple-gmux save the current backlight brightness to EFI on shutdown,
so the brightness level is preserved across reboots.

(tested on iMac20,1)

Signed-off-by: Atharva Tiwari <atharvatiwarilinuxdev@gmail.com>
---
v3:
- Only save the brightness when it differs from the boot brightness.
v2:
- Used correct size for efi_data
---
 drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c b/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c
index 1417e230edbd..08b9f48c11b8 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/vga_switcheroo.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <acpi/video.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ struct apple_gmux_data {
 	/* debugfs data */
 	u8 selected_port;
 	struct dentry *debug_dentry;
+
+	/* efi data */
+	efi_status_t efi_status;
+	u32 efi_attr;
+	u16 efi_data;
 };
 
 static struct apple_gmux_data *apple_gmux_data;
@@ -107,6 +113,9 @@ struct apple_gmux_config {
 
 # define MMIO_GMUX_MAX_BRIGHTNESS	0xffff
 
+#define EFI_BRIGHTNESS_NAME		L"backlight-level"
+#define EFI_BRIGHTNESS_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x7c436110, 0xab2a, 0x4bbb, 0xa8, 0x80, 0xfe, 0x41, 0x99, 0x5c, 0x9f, 0x82)
+
 static u8 gmux_pio_read8(struct apple_gmux_data *gmux_data, int port)
 {
 	return inb(gmux_data->iostart + port);
@@ -751,6 +760,35 @@ static void gmux_fini_debugfs(struct apple_gmux_data *gmux_data)
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(gmux_data->debug_dentry);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("EFIVAR");
+static void gmux_init_efi(struct apple_gmux_data *gmux_data)
+{
+	unsigned long size = sizeof(gmux_data->efi_data);
+
+	gmux_data->efi_status = EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
+
+	if (!efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_SET_VARIABLE))
+		return;
+
+	if (efivar_lock())
+		return;
+
+	gmux_data->efi_status = efivar_get_variable(EFI_BRIGHTNESS_NAME, &EFI_BRIGHTNESS_GUID,
+					&gmux_data->efi_attr, &size, &gmux_data->efi_data);
+
+	efivar_unlock();
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_EFI */
+
+static void gmux_init_efi(struct apple_gmux_data *gmux_data)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_EFI */
+
 static int gmux_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct pnp_dev *pnp = to_pnp_dev(dev);
@@ -960,6 +998,8 @@ static int gmux_probe(struct pnp_dev *pnp, const struct pnp_device_id *id)
 	}
 
 	gmux_init_debugfs(gmux_data);
+	gmux_init_efi(gmux_data);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_register_handler:
@@ -1012,6 +1052,26 @@ static void gmux_remove(struct pnp_dev *pnp)
 	kfree(gmux_data);
 }
 
+static void gmux_shutdown(struct pnp_dev *pnp)
+{
+	struct apple_gmux_data *gmux_data = pnp_get_drvdata(pnp);
+	u16 brightness = (u16)gmux_get_brightness(gmux_data->bdev);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
+	if (gmux_data->efi_status == EFI_SUCCESS && gmux_data->efi_data != brightness) {
+		gmux_data->efi_status = efivar_set_variable(EFI_BRIGHTNESS_NAME,
+						&EFI_BRIGHTNESS_GUID,
+						gmux_data->efi_attr,
+						sizeof(brightness),
+						&brightness);
+		if (gmux_data->efi_status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+			pr_info("Unable to save brightness: 0x%lx\n", gmux_data->efi_status);
+	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_EFI */
+
+	gmux_remove(pnp);
+}
+
 static const struct pnp_device_id gmux_device_ids[] = {
 	{GMUX_ACPI_HID, 0},
 	{"", 0}
@@ -1026,6 +1086,7 @@ static struct pnp_driver gmux_pnp_driver = {
 	.name		= "apple-gmux",
 	.probe		= gmux_probe,
 	.remove		= gmux_remove,
+	.shutdown	= gmux_shutdown,
 	.id_table	= gmux_device_ids,
 	.driver		= {
 			.pm = &gmux_dev_pm_ops,
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-02-11  9:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-11  9:26 Atharva Tiwari [this message]
2026-02-11 12:01 ` [PATCH v3] apple-gmux: preserve brightness using EFI Hans de Goede
2026-02-11 12:30   ` Atharva Tiwari
2026-02-11 12:32     ` Hans de Goede
2026-03-13 19:39       ` Atharva Tiwari
2026-03-14 20:06         ` Lukas Wunner
2026-02-11 12:48 ` Lukas Wunner
2026-03-14 22:45   ` Atharva Tiwari
2026-03-14 23:11     ` Armin Wolf
2026-03-15 22:08       ` Atharva Tiwari
2026-03-15 22:54         ` Armin Wolf
2026-03-16 15:37           ` Atharva Tiwari
2026-03-15 14:28     ` Lukas Wunner
2026-03-15 22:05       ` Atharva Tiwari
2026-02-11 17:03 ` kernel test robot

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