linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] drop unused BACKLIGHT

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Message-ID: <20201130191133.GA1565464@ravnborg.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:11:33 +0100
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Andrey Zhizhikin <andrey.zhizhikin@...ca-geosystems.com>
Cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com,
        tony@...mide.com, mripard@...nel.org, wens@...e.org,
        jernej.skrabec@...l.net, thierry.reding@...il.com,
        jonathanh@...dia.com, catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        tsbogend@...ha.franken.de, James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com,
        deller@....de, mpe@...erman.id.au, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
        paulus@...ba.org, lee.jones@...aro.org, emil.l.velikov@...il.com,
        daniel.thompson@...aro.org, krzk@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] drop unused BACKLIGHT_GENERIC option

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 03:21:32PM +0000, Andrey Zhizhikin wrote:
> Since the removal of generic_bl driver from the source tree in commit
> 7ecdea4a0226 ("backlight: generic_bl: Remove this driver as it is
> unused") BACKLIGHT_GENERIC config option became obsolete as well and
> therefore subject to clean-up from all configuration files.
> 
> This series introduces patches to address this removal, separated by
> architectures in the kernel tree.
> 
> Andrey Zhizhikin (5):
>   ARM: configs: drop unused BACKLIGHT_GENERIC option
>   arm64: defconfig: drop unused BACKLIGHT_GENERIC option
>   MIPS: configs: drop unused BACKLIGHT_GENERIC option
>   parisc: configs: drop unused BACKLIGHT_GENERIC option
>   powerpc/configs: drop unused BACKLIGHT_GENERIC option

For defconfigs I expect arch maintainers to do a make xxxdefconfig / make
savedefconfig / cp defconfig ... run now and then - this will remove
all such symbols.

If the patches goes in like they are submitted then:
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

> 
>  arch/arm/configs/at91_dt_defconfig          | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/cm_x300_defconfig          | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/colibri_pxa300_defconfig   | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/jornada720_defconfig       | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/magician_defconfig         | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/mini2440_defconfig         | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig        | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/pxa3xx_defconfig           | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/qcom_defconfig             | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig            | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/sunxi_defconfig            | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/tegra_defconfig            | 1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig            | 1 -
>  arch/arm64/configs/defconfig                | 1 -
>  arch/mips/configs/gcw0_defconfig            | 1 -
>  arch/mips/configs/gpr_defconfig             | 1 -
>  arch/mips/configs/lemote2f_defconfig        | 1 -
>  arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig       | 1 -
>  arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig            | 1 -
>  arch/mips/configs/rs90_defconfig            | 1 -
>  arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig | 1 -
>  arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig      | 1 -
>  22 files changed, 22 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: b65054597872ce3aefbc6a666385eabdf9e288da
> prerequisite-patch-id: bfd382cf1dc021d20204f10ea9403319c1c32b12
> prerequisite-patch-id: 5397c0c8648bb3e0b830207ea867138c11c6e644
> prerequisite-patch-id: a3c284dff5fe6d02828918a886db6a8ed3197e20
> -- 
> 2.17.1