linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backlight: led_bl: Add support for an "enable" GPIO

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Date:   Tue, 2 Nov 2021 22:42:16 +0100
From:   LABBE Corentin <clabbe@...libre.com>
To:     Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Cc:     lee.jones@...aro.org, jingoohan1@...il.com,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, khilman@...libre.com,
        Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: led_bl: Add support for an "enable" GPIO

Le Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 11:25:14AM +0000, Daniel Thompson a écrit :
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 11:19:42AM +0000, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 10:04:55AM +0000, Corentin LABBE wrote:
> > > From: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...com>
> > > 
> > > This patch adds support for an "enable GPIO".
> > 
> > Before taking this kind of change is there a good reason why backlight
> > should manage the GPIO? I thought that the LED subsystem was a sub
> > system for LEDs (not LED controllers). In other words if you direct
> > that the LED be lit up then isn't it the LED driver's job to manage
> > the GPIO and ensure that it lights up?
> 
> Sorry... I should have paid more attention to my sense of déjà vu with
> this patch.
> 
> This approach was discussed and rejected when we first introduced the
> led_bl driver:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-leds/20190705100851.zn2jkipj4fxq5we6@devuan/
> 

Hello

I am sorry, I didnt checked if the patch was already submitted or not.

Regards