diff --git a/probes/run.py b/probes/run.py
index 4a6a175..6f59970 100755
--- a/probes/run.py
+++ b/probes/run.py
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ MULTI = {'pauth-address': ['probes/pauth-address.S','compat/pauth-native.S'],
                      'compat/adreno.c', 'compat/adreno-fill.c', 'compat/adreno-ib.c', 'compat/irq-forward.c', 'compat/ans.c', 'compat/ans-window.c', 'compat/nvme-host.c', 'compat/early-stop.c', 'compat/a16-thermal.c', 'probes/memory.S']}
 # Units linked only when their opt-in define is in FLAGS, after MULTI's, so a build without the define links exactly
 # the objects it always did and its ELF stays byte-identical.
-OPTIONAL = {'xnuboot': (('-DSNAP_ADRENO_COHERENT=1', 'compat/adreno-coherent.c'),)}
+OPTIONAL = {'xnuboot': (('-DSNAP_ADRENO_COHERENT=1', 'compat/adreno-coherent.c'),
+                        ('-DSNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT=1', 'compat/edp-backlight.c'))}
 
 
 def optional_sources(name, flags):
diff --git a/probes/xnuboot.c b/probes/xnuboot.c
index c5d1621..5ddbe51 100644
--- a/probes/xnuboot.c
+++ b/probes/xnuboot.c
@@ -870,6 +870,15 @@ struct guest_net_state {
 #define GUEST_NET_POLL2 4u                     /* q1n1 Q1N1_CALL_POLL2 */
 #define GUEST_NET_CALL_E_OP UINT64_C(0xffffffffffffffff)   /* Q1N1_CALL_E_OP: an older q1n1 */
 #endif
+/* SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT (compat/edp-backlight.h, agents/brightness): ADRENO_GUEST_BACKLIGHT sets the panel's DPCD
+ * brightness over the eDP controller's AUX channel for the kext's AdrenoBacklight, admitted like ADRENO_GUEST_STOP.
+ * Its state is one zeroed monitor page (setup.c). Off, the code is absent and compat/edp-backlight.c is not linked. */
+#ifndef SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+#define SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT 0
+#endif
+#if SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+#include "../compat/edp-backlight.h"
+#endif
 #include "../compat/fast-vector.h"
 _Static_assert(FAST_EXIT_CLASSES==FAST_TRAP_CLASSES-1+FAST_CROSS_CLASSES &&
                FAST_EXIT_CROSS_SLOT(1)==FAST_TRAP_CLASSES-1,
diff --git a/probes/xnuboot/context.c b/probes/xnuboot/context.c
index cccd845..10e5f6d 100644
--- a/probes/xnuboot/context.c
+++ b/probes/xnuboot/context.c
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ struct context {
      * monitor arena pages taken at setup (owner 0, never released). */
     struct guest_net_state *guest_net;
 #endif
+#if SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+    /* compat/edp-backlight.h: ADRENO_GUEST_BACKLIGHT's state, one monitor
+     * arena page taken at setup (owner 0, never released). */
+    struct edp_backlight_state *edp_backlight;
+#endif
 #if SNAP_FAST_EL0_SYSREG || SNAP_SERVICE_SUBCLASS
     /* Appended only under these opt-in defines, inside the page before the
      * table arena (asserted below), so define-free layout readers keep every
diff --git a/probes/xnuboot/kernel_views.c b/probes/xnuboot/kernel_views.c
index 4bb3e35..c20109f 100644
--- a/probes/xnuboot/kernel_views.c
+++ b/probes/xnuboot/kernel_views.c
@@ -576,6 +576,10 @@ static int txn_publish_exclude(void *ctx,uint64_t page)
 #if SNAP_GUEST_NET
     /* The guest-network state, stored the same way (compat/guest-net-link.h). */
     if(page>=(uint64_t)c->guest_net && page-(uint64_t)c->guest_net<GUEST_NET_STATE_PAGES*4096)return 1;
+#endif
+#if SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+    /* ADRENO_GUEST_BACKLIGHT's state page, stored the same way (compat/edp-backlight.h). */
+    if(page==(uint64_t)c->edp_backlight)return 1;
 #endif
     for(unsigned cpu=0;cpu<GUEST_CPU_COUNT;cpu++)
         for(uint64_t g=0;g<c->vcpus[cpu].guard_count;g++)
diff --git a/probes/xnuboot/mmio_dispatch.c b/probes/xnuboot/mmio_dispatch.c
index c96bb52..bc08ef2 100644
--- a/probes/xnuboot/mmio_dispatch.c
+++ b/probes/xnuboot/mmio_dispatch.c
@@ -652,3 +652,46 @@ static void guest_net_hvc(struct context *c, uint64_t *frame, uint64_t elr, uint
 }
 #endif
 
+#if SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+/* compat/edp-backlight.c reaches the eDP controller and dispcc through these, physical addresses in q1n1's EL2
+ * identity map (Device memory, as the thermal guard's reads). The engine admits only its allow-list
+ * (edp_bl_mmio_read_ok/edp_bl_mmio_write_ok, proven by tools/test-edp-backlight.c); the barrier orders each access
+ * before the next, as the controller's FIFO protocol needs. */
+static int edp_backlight_read(void *ctx, uint64_t pa, uint32_t *value)
+{
+    (void)ctx;
+    *value = *(const volatile uint32_t *)pa;
+    __asm__ volatile("dsb sy" ::: "memory");
+    return 0;
+}
+static int edp_backlight_write(void *ctx, uint64_t pa, uint32_t value)
+{
+    (void)ctx;
+    *(volatile uint32_t *)pa = value;
+    __asm__ volatile("dsb sy" ::: "memory");
+    return 0;
+}
+static uint64_t edp_backlight_clock(void *ctx) {(void)ctx; return service_profile_clock();}
+
+/* ADRENO_GUEST_BACKLIGHT (compat/edp-backlight.h): admitted from EL1 for the HVC the loaded AuxKC's own bytes hold
+ * (early_stop_guest_caller, as ADRENO_GUEST_STOP). Under the service lock: one AUX transaction at a time, each
+ * bounded by hz / EDP_BL_AUX_BUDGET_DIV. */
+static void edp_backlight_hvc(struct context *c, uint64_t *frame, uint64_t elr, uint64_t spsr)
+{
+    const struct params *p = c->params;
+    const struct edp_backlight_io io = {c, edp_backlight_read, edp_backlight_write, edp_backlight_clock,
+                                        p->clock_host_hz};
+    uint64_t hvc = elr - 4, pa = guest_pa(hvc), r[4] = {frame[0], frame[1], frame[2], frame[3]};
+    uint32_t word = 0;
+    if (pa && p->auxkc.pa_end > p->auxkc.pa_base + 4 && pa >= p->auxkc.pa_base && pa <= p->auxkc.pa_end - 4)
+        word = *(volatile uint32_t *)pa;
+    if (early_stop_guest_caller(&p->auxkc, hvc, pa, word, spsr)) {
+        r[0] = (uint64_t)(int64_t)EDP_BL_E_ORIGIN;
+        r[1] = r[2] = r[3] = 0;
+    } else
+        edp_backlight_call(c->edp_backlight, &io, r);
+    record(c, EV_EDP_BACKLIGHT, hvc, frame[1] << 32 | (uint32_t)frame[2], r[0] << 32 | (uint32_t)r[3], r[1]);
+    for (unsigned n = 0; n < 4; n++) frame[n] = r[n];
+}
+#endif
+
diff --git a/probes/xnuboot/report_layout.c b/probes/xnuboot/report_layout.c
index ff61405..24e956f 100644
--- a/probes/xnuboot/report_layout.c
+++ b/probes/xnuboot/report_layout.c
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ struct event {
                                   * control's PMU passes << 16, c = stale[0] << 32 | stale[1] (the controls'
                                   * stale words, each at most 1,024); probes/run.py decodes it */
 #endif
+#if SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+#define EV_EDP_BACKLIGHT 60      /* ADRENO_GUEST_BACKLIGHT (compat/edp-backlight.h): a = sub-op << 32 | (u32)level asked,
+                                  * b = (u32)result << 32 | the panel's level after the call, c = the reply's x1 (ABI |
+                                  * state << 8 | detail << 16 | DPCD 0x700..0x703 << 24 | mode << 56); pc = the HVC */
+#endif
 #define EV_HANDOFF   7        /* a field of the handoff was read: a = offset */
 #define EV_WATCHDOG  6        /* the guest ran too long and was taken back */
 #define EV_DISPATCH_CMD 8     /* a call that is not an endpoint call:
diff --git a/probes/xnuboot/setup.c b/probes/xnuboot/setup.c
index e91c986..56f4c87 100644
--- a/probes/xnuboot/setup.c
+++ b/probes/xnuboot/setup.c
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ int xnuboot_setup(uint64_t work, uint64_t size, uint64_t params, uint64_t out,
     for (uint64_t n = 0; n < GUEST_NET_STATE_PAGES * 4096 / 8; n++) ((volatile uint64_t *)c->guest_net)[n] = 0;
     __asm__ volatile("" ::: "memory");
     c->next_table += GUEST_NET_STATE_PAGES * 4096;
+#endif
+#if SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+    /* compat/edp-backlight.h: one page, zeroed (EDP_BL_STATE_UNPROBED), probed by the first guest call. */
+    if (c->next_table + 4096 > c->work_end) return 1;
+    c->edp_backlight = (struct edp_backlight_state *)c->next_table;
+    for (uint64_t n = 0; n < 4096 / 8; n++) ((volatile uint64_t *)c->edp_backlight)[n] = 0;
+    __asm__ volatile("" ::: "memory");
+    c->next_table += 4096;
 #endif
     if(c->params->early_stop.flags & EARLY_STOP_F_THERMAL) {
         if(c->next_table>c->work_end || c->work_end-c->next_table<4096)return 1;
diff --git a/probes/xnuboot/trap_dispatch.c b/probes/xnuboot/trap_dispatch.c
index 0d24be5..59327da 100644
--- a/probes/xnuboot/trap_dispatch.c
+++ b/probes/xnuboot/trap_dispatch.c
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@ static int xnuboot_trap_locked(uint64_t *frame, uint64_t esr, uint64_t *elr)
                 return 0;
             }
 #endif
+#if SNAP_EDP_BACKLIGHT
+            if (frame[0] == ADRENO_GUEST_BACKLIGHT) {
+                edp_backlight_hvc(c, frame, *elr, physical_spsr);
+                return 0;
+            }
+#endif
 #if SNAP_ADRENO_IB_ASYNC
             if (frame[0] == ADRENO_GUEST_IB_POLL) {
                 gpu_ib_poll_hvc(c, frame, *elr);