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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: verification-needed-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-oem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797304 Title: Keyboard backlight sysfs sometimes is missing on Dell laptops Status in HWE Next: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux-oem package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Bionic: New Status in linux-oem source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] When the keyboard backlight sysfs is missing, userspace does not know the current keyboard backlight brightness. [Fix] There's a loading order race condition, between the dell-smbios and its backends, dell-smbios-{smm,wmi}. Build them as one module can solve the issue. The last patch is what we want, but pulls the entire series as a whole. [Test] The backlight sysfs always exists with the patch. Userspace now knows the current keyboard backlight brightness. [Regression Potential] Low. No functional change, as it simply links the modules together. Limits to Dell machines. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1797304/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
