Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] backlight: Replace struct fb_info in interfaces

[Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Mar 2024, Lee Jones wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:22:33 +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > Backlight drivers implement struct backlight_ops.check_fb, which
> > > uses struct fb_info in its interface. Replace the callback with one
> > > that does not use fb_info.
> > > 
> > > In DRM, we have several drivers that implement backlight support. By
> > > including <linux/backlight.h> these drivers depend on <linux/fb.h>.
> > > At the same time, fbdev is deprecated for new drivers and likely to
> > > be replaced on many systems.
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Applied, thanks!
> > 
> > [01/10] backlight: Match backlight device against struct fb_info.bl_dev
> >         commit: f1ecddf747f0d734682152b37c927aa958a51497
> > [02/10] auxdisplay/ht16k33: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
> >         commit: dddfda7d5f12a7b48aeca6c3840167529c8cd34a
> > [03/10] hid/hid-picolcd: Fix initialization order
> >         commit: a951a15002da620871d8f3d8218c043cdc4c2471
> > [04/10] hid/hid-picolcd: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
> >         commit: b3c52552f8d8a816bda2bda984411c73f4dd0b87
> > [05/10] backlight/aat2870-backlight: Remove struct backlight.check_fb
> >         commit: 0e03c96046405281fb072c05a7810d2661a2f334
> > [06/10] backlight/pwm-backlight: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
> >         commit: 78534967e7cb3c2fbfcb2d37820b51a80c570f90
> > [07/10] fbdev/sh_mobile_lcdc_fb: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
> >         commit: b853c08cd6598b3b3ff91cb2bba336bfef9c0ac4
> > [08/10] fbdev/ssd1307fb: Init backlight before registering framebuffer
> >         commit: d5ae81e965953da27cf46db6281d6a6a28eaaccb
> > [09/10] fbdev/ssd1307fb: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
> >         commit: ec5925ef4a2dfd7ee060f4fd2a2e8036f8a94e8e
> > [10/10] backlight: Add controls_device callback to struct backlight_ops
> >         commit: 2e427743de015c1ac047036ef495c3f004105439
> 
> Okay, let's try this again.
> 
> Send off for more build testing based on v6.8.
> 
> Will report back once complete.

So far, so good.

Will rebase these and sent out an immutable branch PR once v6.9-rc1 is out.

Note to self: ib-backlight-auxdisplay-hid-fb-6.9

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]