linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] macintosh: via-pmu-backlight: Use backlight helper

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:23:45 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] macintosh: via-pmu-backlight: Use backlight helper

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:04:24 +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.
> 
> Instead of retrieving the backlight brightness in struct
> backlight_properties manually, and then checking whether the backlight
> should be on at all, use backlight_get_brightness() which does all
> this and insulates this from future changes.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] macintosh: via-pmu-backlight: Use backlight helper
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/a0542d2c45a64162e63ad2d80684e57de0566271

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