Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] backlight: Replace struct fb_info in interfaces

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On Mon, 04 Mar 2024, 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.
> 
> This patchset is part of a larger effort to implement the backlight
> code without depending on fbdev.
> 
> Patch 1 makes the backlight core match backlight and framebuffer
> devices via struct fb_info.bl_dev. Patches 2 to 9 then go through
> drivers and remove unnecessary implementations of check_fb. Finally,
> patch 10 replaces the check_fb hook with controls_device, which
> uses the framebuffer's Linux device instead of the framebuffer.
> 
> v3:
> 	* hide CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT behind fb_bl_device() (Lee)
> 	* if-else cleanups (Andy)
> 	* fix commit message of patch 2 (Andy)
> v2:
> 	* fix hid-picolcd for CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT=n
> 	* fixes to commit messages
> 
> Thomas Zimmermann (10):
>   backlight: Match backlight device against struct fb_info.bl_dev
>   auxdisplay/ht16k33: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
>   hid/hid-picolcd: Fix initialization order
>   hid/hid-picolcd: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
>   backlight/aat2870-backlight: Remove struct backlight.check_fb
>   backlight/pwm-backlight: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
>   fbdev/sh_mobile_lcdc_fb: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
>   fbdev/ssd1307fb: Init backlight before registering framebuffer
>   fbdev/ssd1307fb: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
>   backlight: Add controls_device callback to struct backlight_ops
> 
>  drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c             |  8 ------
>  drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_backlight.c      |  7 ------
>  drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c           | 14 +++++------
>  drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_fb.c             |  6 +++++
>  drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c     |  7 ------
>  drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c      |  8 ++++--
>  drivers/video/backlight/bd6107.c         | 12 ++++-----
>  drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c | 12 ++++-----
>  drivers/video/backlight/lv5207lp.c       | 12 ++++-----
>  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c         | 12 ---------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_backlight.c  |  5 ++++
>  drivers/video/fbdev/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c   |  7 ------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c          | 31 +++++++++---------------
>  include/linux/backlight.h                | 16 ++++++------
>  include/linux/fb.h                       |  9 +++++++
>  include/linux/pwm_backlight.h            |  1 -
>  16 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)

All applied.  Submitted for build testing.

Will follow-up with a PR once that's passed.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]



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