linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] backlight: gpio: delete pdata inversion

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 10:45:50 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] backlight: gpio: delete pdata inversion

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:

> The option to invert the output of the GPIO (active low) is
> not used by the only platform still using platform data to
> set up a GPIO backlight (one SH board). Delete the option
> as we do not expect to expand the use of board files for
> this driver, and GPIO descriptors intrinsically keep track
> of any signal inversion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

No reaction on this patch since 21 days so sending an
unsolicited ping.

Yours,
Linus Walleij