On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 09:29:03AM +0000, Ying Liu wrote:
> If GPIO pin is in input state but backlight is currently off due to
> default pull downs, then initial power state is set to FB_BLANK_UNBLANK
> in DT boot mode with phandle link and the backlight is effectively
> turned on in gpio_backlight_probe(), which is undesirable according to
> patch description of commit ec665b756e6f ("backlight: gpio-backlight:
> Correct initial power state handling").
>
> Quote:
> ---8<---
> If in DT boot we have phandle link then leave the GPIO in a state which the
> bootloader left it and let the user of the backlight to configure it further.
> ---8<---
>
> So, let's drop output GPIO direction check and only check GPIO value to set
> the initial power state.
LGTM,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
