linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] fbdev: Use backlight helpers

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jun 2022 15:40:01 +0100
From:   Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
To:     Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
Cc:     Antonino Daplas <adaplas@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] fbdev: Use backlight helpers

On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 09:23:28PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> backlight_properties.fb_blank is deprecated. The states it represents
> are handled by other properties; but instead of accessing those
> properties directly, drivers should use the helpers provided by
> backlight.h, even in cases where fb_blank isn't involved.
> 
> This will ultimately allow fb_blank to be removed.
> 
> Stephen Kitt (7):
>   fbdev: aty128fb: Use backlight helper
>   fbdev: atyfb: Use backlight helper
>   fbdev: radeon: Use backlight helper
>   fbdev: mx3fb: Use backlight helper
>   fbdev: nvidia: Use backlight helper
>   fbdev: omapfb: panel-dsi-cm: Use backlight helper
>   fbdev: riva: Use backlight helper
> 
>  drivers/video/fbdev/aty/aty128fb.c                       | 6 ++----
>  drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c                     | 8 +-------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c               | 6 +-----
>  drivers/video/fbdev/mx3fb.c                              | 7 +------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_backlight.c                | 8 +-------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/displays/panel-dsi-cm.c | 8 +-------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c                         | 8 +-------
>  7 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

FWIW, from a backlight point-of-view, whole series is
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>


Daniel.