linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: max8925: fix dt code for backlight

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:00:47 -0700
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Qing Xu <qingx@...vell.com>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: max8925: fix dt code for backlight

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, July 25, 2013 12:42 AM, Olof Johansson wrote:
>>
>> The device-tree enablement for max8925 has several problems, but besides
>> the bindings being wrong (and not having seen review) there's also some
>> bad coding practices on how to fill in the platform_data from device tree.
>>
>> I came across this since it causes a warning when compiling
>> mmp2_defconfig, and instead of doing the minimal fix to silence the
>> warning, I restructured the code a bit.
>>
>> This silences the warning:
>> drivers/video/backlight/max8925_bl.c: In function 'max8925_backlight_probe':
>> drivers/video/backlight/max8925_bl.c:177:3: warning: statement with no effect [-Wunused-value]
>>
>> Note that the bindings themselves need to be revisited too, but that will
>> affect more than just the backlight driver and is best done separately;
>> this just fixes the bad code for the backlight driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
>> ---
>>
>> Richard, Jingoo, this would be good to see go into 3.11 if you're
>> comfortable with it.
>
> CC'ed Andrew Morton
>
>
> Hi Olof Johansson,
>
> Currently, there is not git tree for Backlight subsystem.
> I hope that this would go into 3.11 through one of other trees
> with my Ack.
>
> If not, it will go into 3.12-rc1 through mm-tree.
>
> Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>

Ok, if you don't mind I can take it through arm-soc for 3.11 with your ack then.

Thanks!

-Olof
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