linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: rework backlight dependencies

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=fkx0BNz0oPuvVA_uEcE1BF92reKtsCbK1fv-fwx2yNg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:32:54 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jens Frederich <jfrederich@...il.com>,
        Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton@...il.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Lars Poeschel <poeschel@...onage.de>,
        Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: rework backlight dependencies

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 3:28 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Rather than having CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT select CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE,
> make any driver that needs it have a dependency on the class device
> being available, to prevent circular dependencies.

Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Cheers,
Miguel