linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] backlight/generic-bl: remove DRIVER1 state

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:36:21 +0000
From:   Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:     DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] backlight/generic-bl: remove DRIVER1 state

On 17 January 2018 at 14:01, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch> wrote:
> Nothing in the entire tree ever sets this, which means this is dead
> code. Remove it.
>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
> Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/video/backlight/generic_bl.c | 5 -----

Fly-by comment, while waiting for coffee to kick-in.
I think this patch should be after pandora/others have stopped abusing
BL_CORE_DRIVER1.

-Emil