# Adaptive Backlight Management (ABM)

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/adaptive-backlight-management-abm/41055>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [November 28, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/adaptive-backlight-management-abm/41055 "2023-11-28T20:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mario\_Limonciello](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/mario_limonciello/32/19277_2.png) [@Mario\_Limonciello](https://community.frame.work/u/Mario_Limonciello)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/adaptive-backlight-management-abm/41055/54 "2024-03-04T15:52:55Z")

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The patches are queued up for 6.9. Anyone who want to do this in advance can backport these patches:

> **[drm/amd/display: add panel\_power\_savings sysfs entry to eDP connectors...](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/agd5f/linux/-/commit/63d0b87213a0ba241b3fcfba3fe7b0aed0cd1cc5)**
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> We want programs besides the compositor to be able to enable or disable panel power saving features. However, since they are currently only configurable through DRM properties, that isn't possible....

> **[drm/amdgpu: respect the abmlevel module parameter value if it is set...](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/agd5f/linux/-/commit/040fdcde288a2830edc31dd507963d6aadf990d2)**
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> Currently, if the abmlevel module parameter is set, it is possible for user space to override the ABM level at some point after boot. However, that is undesirable because it...

And then use PPD 0.20, which will use the new interface by default.

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