linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/4] backlight: gpio_backlight: remove platform data support

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdaUX8tga=Bt=gjKmxJJE=2_AqFrjow_AmyP_z=4MSK1hA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:55:13 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 4/4] backlight: gpio_backlight: remove platform data support

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:

> Legacy boards can use static property sets/GPIO lookup tables to describe
> backlight connections, there is no need to maintain legacy platform data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Good riddance, this is how all drivers should eventually end up
after full device property conversion I guess.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij