Re: [PATCH 3/6] backlight/omap1-bl: Replace FB_BLANK_ states with simple on/off

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On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 09:16:15AM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 13.03.24 um 19:00 schrieb Sam Ravnborg:
> > Hi Thomas,
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 04:45:02PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > The backlight is on for fb_blank eq FB_BLANK_UNBLANK, or off for
> > > any other value in fb_blank. But the field fb_blank in struct
> > > backlight_properties is deprecated and should not be used any
> > > longer.
> > > 
> > > Replace the test for fb_blank in omap's backlight code with a
> > > simple boolean parameter and push the test into the update_status
> > > helper. Instead of reading fb_blank directly, decode the backlight
> > > device's status with backlight_is_blank().
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> > My biased opinion is that the approach in this patch is a little bit
> > better:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230107-sam-video-backlight-drop-fb_blank-v1-13-1bd9bafb351f@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> > I never came around resending this series it seems.
> 
> Oh, that series has been around for over a year. I don't care about which
> patches go in as long as they remove the dependency on <linux/fb.h>. I saw
> that Dan has already r-b'ed the current patchset, but if you prefer I'll
> adopt yours.

I hadn't seen Sam's patch.  It's a little bit more daring, but it's
really nice code and I trust him.

regards,
dan carpenter





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