linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] backlight: gpio: Convert to use GPIO descriptor

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 10:45:28 +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 1/2] backlight: gpio: Convert to use GPIO descriptor

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

> This driver is predominantly used by device tree systems, all
> of which can deal with modern GPIO descriptors. The legacy
> GPIO API is only used by one SH board so make the GPIO
> descriptor the default way to deal with it.
>
> As an intended side effect we do not need to look around in
> the device tree for the inversion flag since the GPIO
> descriptors will intrinsically deal with this.
>
> 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