linux-kernel - Re: radeonfb backlight fix

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Message-Id: <20100222122354.50a85575.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:23:54 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: radeonfb backlight fix

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:19:21 +0000 (GMT) James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org> wrote:

> 
> A simple patch to allow radeonfb to compile if the backlight option is 
> set.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
> index 6c37e8e..2c01726 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
> @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int nomtrr = 0;
>  #endif
>  static int force_sleep;
>  static int ignore_devlist;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT
>  static int backlight = 1;
>  #else
>  static int backlight = 0;

Changelog is very poor.  It doesn't tell us what the error was, nor how
the patch fixes it.

I attempted to reverse-engineer the patch but gave up.

radeonfb_bl_init() is omitted from the link if
CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=n.  And this code:

	if (backlight)
		radeonfb_bl_init(rinfo);

will emit a call to radeonfb_bl_init() regardless of the value of
`backlight', so as far as I can tell, there will be a linkage error
with CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=n both before and after your patch.

So.  Please resend, with a proper description.  And a Signed-off-by: line.
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