From: David Stephenson <git@davidstephenson.net>
To: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] platform: arm64: thinkpad-t14s-ec: don't send KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE on Fn+Space
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:36:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825193556.133277-1-git@davidstephenson.net> (raw)
On the T14s, the EC already steps the keyboard backlight when you press
Fn+Space: off, then low, then high.
We report that change with t14s_kbd_bl_update() (brightness_hw_changed).
We then also send KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE.
The extra key is the problem. Desktops treat it as "please toggle the
light." GNOME calls Keyboard.Toggle() and changes the LED itself. That
fights the EC's three steps. The on-screen bar also stays empty,
because Toggle() always returns 0%.
thinkpad_acpi on x86 already skips the key when the firmware changed
the light. It only uses brightness_hw_changed. Do the same here: keep
the LED update, do not send KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE.
Tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (21N1, Snapdragon X Elite) with
GNOME. After this change the OSD bar tracks off / 50% / 100%.
Signed-off-by: David Stephenson <git@davidstephenson.net>
---
drivers/platform/arm64/lenovo-thinkpad-t14s.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/arm64/lenovo-thinkpad-t14s.c b/drivers/platform/arm64/lenovo-thinkpad-t14s.c
index 5590302a5..22d20a907 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/arm64/lenovo-thinkpad-t14s.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/arm64/lenovo-thinkpad-t14s.c
@@ -488,8 +488,14 @@ static irqreturn_t t14s_ec_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
case T14S_EC_EVT_NONE:
break;
case T14S_EC_EVT_KEY_FN_SPACE:
+ /*
+ * Firmware already cycles the keyboard backlight
+ * (off / low / high). Notify userspace through the LED
+ * class only. Emitting KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE as well makes
+ * desktop environments toggle the LED a second time.
+ */
t14s_kbd_bl_update(ec);
- fallthrough;
+ break;
case T14S_EC_EVT_KEY_FN_F4:
case T14S_EC_EVT_KEY_FN_F7:
case T14S_EC_EVT_KEY_FN_4:
--
2.55.0
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2026-08-25 19:36 David Stephenson [this message]
2026-08-26 9:09 ` [PATCH] platform: arm64: thinkpad-t14s-ec: don't send KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE on Fn+Space Hans de Goede
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