From: David <stormbyte@gmail.com>
To: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 40492] New: FB_BACKLIGHT should be set by BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:04:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9652620.X6XvMONVgs@darkness> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110803175541.7ed2fb24.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
On Thursday 04 August 2011 07:55:16 you wrote:
> On Mit, 2011-08-03 at 17:55 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 18:55:41 GMT bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id@492
> > >
> > > Summary: FB_BACKLIGHT should be set by
> > > BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE Product: Other
> > > Version: 2.5
> > >
> > > Kernel Version: 3.0.0
> > >
> > > Platform: All
> > >
> > > OS/Version: Linux
> > >
> > > Tree: Mainline
> > >
> > > Status: NEW
> > >
> > > Severity: normal
> > > Priority: P1
> > >
> > > Component: Configuration
> > >
> > > AssignedTo: other_configuration@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
> > > ReportedBy: StormByte@gmail.com
> > > Regression: No
> > >
> > > Created an attachment (idg432)
> > >
> > > --> (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?idg432)
> > >
> > > Kernel's config
> > >
> > > I discovered a scenario in which menuconfig fails to set
> > > FB_BACKLIGHT symbol when needed.
> > >
> > > In my case, I have propietary nvidia drivers once loaded Xorg, but
> > > in the meanwhile, I have configured an uvesafb framebuffer (thus,
> > > no other framebuffer active nor compiled).
> > >
> > > System works ok, but when trying to install nvidiabl[1] (to control
> > > nvidia's backlight) I find that FB_BACKLIGHT is not set where it
> > > should be because I have BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE set.
> > >
> > > The result is that nvidiabl does not compile.
>
> Sounds like an nvidiabl bug. I'm successfully using backlight control
> with radeon KMS with
>
> # CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT is not set
> CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m
It does not seem a bug in nvidiabl, it needs this symbol in order to get 2
defines (from include/linux/fb.h)
394 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT
395 /* Settings for the generic backlight code */
396 #define FB_BACKLIGHT_LEVELS 128
397 #define FB_BACKLIGHT_MAX 0xFF
398 #endif
I think nvidiabl uses those instead of having them hardcoded in its source,
and thus not a bug really.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-04 12:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-04 0:55 [Bugme-new] [Bug 40492] New: FB_BACKLIGHT should be set by Randy Dunlap
2011-08-04 5:55 ` Michel Dänzer
2011-08-04 12:04 ` David [this message]
2011-08-04 12:09 ` Michel Dänzer
2011-08-04 15:46 ` Randy Dunlap
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