** Description changed:

+ [Impact]                           
+ After Ubuntu-5.4.0-9.12 which introduce DPCD backlight patches, the
+ backlight control on some platforms fail to work.
+ It seems using OUI string to map the panels which support DPCD
+ backlight doesn't work well, it mis-mapped those panel that doesn't
+ support DPCD backlight, and breaks the backlight control.
+                                            
+ [Fix]
+ The author of the origin DPCD backlight patches recently provides a
+ DP quirks based on EDID identification.
+ 
+ [Fix]
+ Verified on the machine with DPCD backlight and also on the machine
+ which has regression with the OUI quirks, both of them work now.
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ Low, it introduce a new quirks to list the panels which support DPCD
+ backlight.
+ 
+ ===============================
+ 
  After upgrading from Eoan (5.3.0-29.31) to Focal (5.4.0-12.15), I no
  longer have the ability to control the backlight brightness on my HP
  EliteBook 840 G5. When pressing the brightness hotkeys, the on-screen
  indicator pops up and shows that the brightness setting is being changed
  but the actual screen brightness is stuck on the lowest setting.
  
  This laptop has a built-in privacy screen. If I activate the privacy
  screen (fn-f2), then the actual screen brightness goes to the maximum
  setting and then I am able to dim and brighten the backlight as long as
  the privacy screen functionality is turned on.
  
  This is a regression from Eoan's 5.3.0-29.31 kernel where I was able to
  control the brightness with and without the privacy screen functionality
  being turned on.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: linux-image-5.4.0-12-generic 5.4.0-12.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-12.15-generic 5.4.8
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu16
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Jan 31 11:42:16 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-24 (221 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm-256color
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm-256color
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: linux-signed-5.4
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-28 (3 days ago)

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  [FOCAL][REGRESSION] Intel Gen 9 brightness cannot be controlled

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