NAK[F/Unstable]: [PATCH 0/1][SRU][B][F][Unstable] Stop using get_scalar_status

[AceLan Kao]

I'll check this driver on all series later and make sure the code
corresponds with all series.
Thanks for the reminder.

Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com> 於 2020年5月1日 週五 上午4:40寫道：
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 05:38:36PM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:00:04PM +0800, AceLan Kao wrote:
> > > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1865402
> > >
> > > [Impact]
> > > The get_scalar_status command was provided by ODM engineer and was newly
> > > introduced to determinate whether scalar is responsible for the backlight
> > > adjustment. That guy asked the scalar vendor to add this command and the
> > > command works as expected. But there is already a command in the Dell AIO
> > > scalar UART command spec. which can do the same thing since 2015, and the
> > > newly introduced get_scalar_status command is undocumented. To prevent
> > > from introducing regression in the future and to align with what Windows
> > > uses, replace this command with get_display_mode command.
> > >
> > > [Fix]
> > > Replace get_scalar_status command with get_display_mode command.
> > >
> > > [Test]
> > > Verified on new Dell AIO platforms.
> > >
> > > [Regression Potential]
> > > Low, the command is already in the spec. since 2015.
> >
> > The patches for focal and unstable do not apply. This looks like it has
> > to do with the revert of "UBUNTU: SAUCE: platform/x86:
> > dell-uart-backlight: move retry block" and that your patch may need to
> > be updated in light of that revert.
>
> Ping, I don't think we've ever seen an updated patch for F/Unstable.