UBUNTU: SAUCE: platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: new backlight driver for DELL AIO

[mirror_ubuntu-bionic-kernel.git] / drivers / platform / x86 / Kconfig

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index 67b8256199661f4dd2c92f7a6d1ce086e577f064..4e43987da523ce19c0fa3e7ccf01e605cc863a6e 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -199,6 +199,20 @@ config DELL_RBTN
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
          be called dell-rbtn.
 
+config DELL_UART_BACKLIGHT
+       tristate "Dell AIO UART Backlight driver"
+       depends on SERIAL_8250
+       depends on ACPI
+       ---help---
+         Say Y here if you want to support Dell AIO UART backlight interface.
+         The Dell AIO machines released after 2017 come with a UART interface
+         to communicate with the backlight scalar board. This driver creates
+         a standard backlight interface and talks to the scalar board through
+         UART to adjust the AIO screen brightness.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
+         be called dell_uart_backlight.
+
 
 config FUJITSU_LAPTOP
        tristate "Fujitsu Laptop Extras"