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+Proper PWM brightness for legacy OLED pannels on an Intel GPU
+=============================================================
+
+Reverse engineered from the Windows Driver. Thanks Lenovo for including the debugging symbols in your driver
+package so that even a reverse engineering illiterate like me can do it.
+
+If your computer has an OLED screen and meets one of the following criteria, there's a chance that this
+driver might work for you:
+
+ - Your computer is released between 2015-2018, has an Intel processor and uses its integrated GPU.
+ - The ``.inf`` file in the Windows driver package for your computer's OLED panel contains the following text: ``AOR``, ``DELVSS``, ``BrightLevelForACL``, and ``ACLCutoffAndDelta``.
+
+This repository contains the required kernel patches and tools to generate the firmware used by the driver.
+
+ - ``linux-legacy-oled-brightness.patch``: The patch itself. Sorry I didn't bother writing a proper commit message.
+ - ``gen_panel_prop.py``: Generates ``intel_legacy_panel_data.bin``, a firmware file required by the driver.
+
+`Read this for more information, I guess. <https://chrisoft.org/blog/post/2025-04-28.html>`_
+
+Instructions for ThinkPad X1 Yoga 1st gen / 2nd gen:
+
+ 1. Run ``gen_panel_prop.py`` to generate ``intel_legacy_panel_data.bin``. Put the generated file in your
+    firmware directory (and if needed, your initramfs).
+ 2. Patch the sources for the kernel of your choice. Compile and install it.
+ 3. Boot your new kernel with an additional kernel parameter ``i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=99``. Check if it works.
+
+Instructions for other laptops:
+
+To be written
+
+This repo will be updated at the same pace as my local system updates (i.e. pretty much randomly) as long as I
+still have the laptop and haven't been frustrated with it.