linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] backlight: Provide two stage registration

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Message-ID: <20090916022234.GB1627@khazad-dum.debian.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:22:34 -0300
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] backlight: Provide two stage registration

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 08:18:42PM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > Could we not pass an optional pointer to a properties structure to
> > create the backlight with instead or find a better way to solve this?
> 
> That'd work, but it'd involve significant refactoring of all the 
> drivers - we really need to be setting max_brightness before 
> device_register() is called. I suspect it'd be an even larger delta 
> against mainline.

rfkill has taught us that if you have parameters that MUST be properly set,
they should be required parameters for the foo_register() call...

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  Henrique Holschuh
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