UNAPPLIED: [PATCH 0/1][SRU][P][Q] Dell AIO backlight is not working, dell_uart_backlight module is missing

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Fri Jul 4 14:24:08 UTC 2025


On 14.06.25 12:35, Mehmet Basaran wrote:
> 
> I see that a similar patchset is also submitted to noble but it doesn't
> apply there. I think maybe we mixed up N with this one. I will unapply
> this for now until we got AceLan's opinion.

This ended up having DELL_UART_BACKLIGHT not being enabled in either 
Noble nor Plucky. It is enabled in Questing/unstable. Acelan, please 
advice what to do...

> 
> 
> AceLan Kao <acelan.kao at canonical.com> writes:
> 
>> From: "Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan)" <acelan.kao at canonical.com>
>>
>> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2083800
>>
>> [Impact]
>> Dell AIO backlight need dell_uart_backlight module, but CONFIG_DELL_UART_BACKLIGHT is not enabled on 6.8+ kernels.
>>
>> [Fix]
>> Enable the option in the kernel config
>>
>> [Test Case]
>> 1. Boot Dell AIO machine to desktop
>> 2. The backlight should be controlled through hotkey and/or GUI
>>
>> [Where problems could occur]
>> No regression.
>>
>> Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan) (1):
>>    UBUNTU: [Config] enable CONFIG_DELL_UART_BACKLIGHT
>>
>>   debian.master/config/annotations | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.43.0
>>
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- Stefan
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