The patch titled
Proper backlight selection for fbdev drivers
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
proper-backlight-selection-for-fbdev-drivers.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: Proper backlight selection for fbdev drivers
From: James Simmons <jsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Simmons <jsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/Kconfig | 73 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/video/Kconfig~proper-backlight-selection-for-fbdev-drivers drivers/video/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig~proper-backlight-selection-for-fbdev-drivers
+++ a/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -4,20 +4,9 @@
menu "Graphics support"
-config FIRMWARE_EDID
- bool "Enable firmware EDID"
- default y
- ---help---
- This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware.
- On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C
- transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using
- nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb.
-
- In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you
- experience extremely long delays while booting before you get
- something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in
- combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to
- suffer from this problem.
+if SYSFS
+ source "drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig"
+endif
config FB
tristate "Support for frame buffer devices"
@@ -53,9 +42,27 @@ config FB
(e.g. an accelerated X server) and that are not frame buffer
device-aware may cause unexpected results. If unsure, say N.
+config FIRMWARE_EDID
+ bool "Enable firmware EDID"
+ depends on FB
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware.
+ On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C
+ transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using
+ nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb.
+
+ In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you
+ experience extremely long delays while booting before you get
+ something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in
+ combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to
+ suffer from this problem.
+
config FB_DDC
tristate
- depends on FB && I2C && I2C_ALGOBIT
+ depends on FB
+ select I2C_ALGOBIT
+ select I2C
default n
config FB_CFB_FILLRECT
@@ -126,6 +133,9 @@ config FB_TILEBLITTING
This is particularly important to one driver, matroxfb. If
unsure, say N.
+comment "Frambuffer hardware drivers"
+ depends on FB
+
config FB_CIRRUS
tristate "Cirrus Logic support"
depends on FB && (ZORRO || PCI)
@@ -702,6 +712,7 @@ config FB_NVIDIA
depends on FB && PCI
select I2C_ALGOBIT if FB_NVIDIA_I2C
select I2C if FB_NVIDIA_I2C
+ select FB_BACKLIGHT if FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT
select FB_MODE_HELPERS
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
@@ -730,8 +741,7 @@ config FB_NVIDIA_I2C
config FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_NVIDIA && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_NVIDIA
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -739,9 +749,8 @@ config FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT
config FB_RIVA
tristate "nVidia Riva support"
depends on FB && PCI
- select I2C_ALGOBIT if FB_RIVA_I2C
- select I2C if FB_RIVA_I2C
select FB_DDC if FB_RIVA_I2C
+ select FB_BACKLIGHT if FB_RIVA_BACKLIGHT
select FB_MODE_HELPERS
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
@@ -778,8 +787,7 @@ config FB_RIVA_DEBUG
config FB_RIVA_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_RIVA && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_RIVA
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -829,8 +837,6 @@ config FB_I810_GTF
config FB_I810_I2C
bool "Enable DDC Support"
depends on FB_I810 && FB_I810_GTF
- select I2C
- select I2C_ALGOBIT
select FB_DDC
help
@@ -1020,9 +1026,8 @@ config FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD
config FB_RADEON
tristate "ATI Radeon display support"
depends on FB && PCI
- select I2C_ALGOBIT if FB_RADEON_I2C
- select I2C if FB_RADEON_I2C
select FB_DDC if FB_RADEON_I2C
+ select FB_BACKLIGHT if FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT
select FB_MODE_HELPERS
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
@@ -1052,8 +1057,7 @@ config FB_RADEON_I2C
config FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_RADEON && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_RADEON
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -1073,6 +1077,7 @@ config FB_ATY128
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
+ select FB_BACKLIGHT if FB_ATY128_BACKLIGHT
select FB_MACMODES if PPC_PMAC
help
This driver supports graphics boards with the ATI Rage128 chips.
@@ -1084,8 +1089,7 @@ config FB_ATY128
config FB_ATY128_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_ATY128 && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_ATY128
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -1096,6 +1100,7 @@ config FB_ATY
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
+ select FB_BACKLIGHT if FB_ATY_BACKLIGHT
select FB_MACMODES if PPC
help
This driver supports graphics boards with the ATI Mach64 chips.
@@ -1134,8 +1139,7 @@ config FB_ATY_GX
config FB_ATY_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_ATY && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_ATY
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -1149,8 +1153,6 @@ config FB_S3TRIO
config FB_SAVAGE
tristate "S3 Savage support"
depends on FB && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
- select I2C_ALGOBIT if FB_SAVAGE_I2C
- select I2C if FB_SAVAGE_I2C
select FB_DDC if FB_SAVAGE_I2C
select FB_MODE_HELPERS
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
@@ -1635,6 +1637,7 @@ config FB_VIRTUAL
the vfb_enable=1 option.
If unsure, say N.
+
if VT
source "drivers/video/console/Kconfig"
endif
@@ -1643,9 +1646,5 @@ if FB || SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE
source "drivers/video/logo/Kconfig"
endif
-if SYSFS
- source "drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig"
-endif
-
endmenu
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from jsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
add-return-value-checking-of-get_user-in.patch
fbdev-update-after-backlight-argument-change.patch
pmagb-b-fb-fix-a-default-clock.patch
video-get-the-default-mode-from-the-right-database.patch
s3c2410fb-add-support-for-stn-displays.patch
fbcmapc-mark-structs-const-or.patch
various-fbdev-files-mark-structs.patch
annotate-some-variables-in-vesafb.patch
au1100fb-fix-to-remove-flickering.patch
mbxfb-fix-hscoeff3-register-address.patch
mbxfb-add-more-registers-bits.patch
mbxfb-add-more-registers-to-debugfs.patch
mbxfb-add-yuv-video-overlay-support.patch
mbxfb-document-the-new-ioctl.patch
atyfb-remove-fixme.patch
visws-sgivwfb-is-module-needs-exports.patch
backlight-lcd-remove-dependenct-from-the-framebuffer-layer.patch
backlight-lcd-remove-dependenct-from-the-framebuffer-layer-tidy.patch
softcursorc-avoid-unaligned-accesses.patch
backlight-do-not-power-off-backlight-when-unregistering-try-3.patch
proper-backlight-selection-for-fbdev-drivers.patch
fb-get-the-geode-gx-frambuffer-size-from-the-bios.patch
gxfb-fixups-for-the-amd-geode-gx.patch
gxfb-fixups-for-the-amd-geode-gx-tidy.patch
gxfb-support-flat-panel-timings.patch
gxfb-support-flat-panel-timings-tidy.patch
gxfb-support-command-line-options.patch
gxfb-support-command-line-options-tidy.patch
gxfb-fixup-flatpanel-detection.patch
gxfb-turn-on-the-flatpanel-power-and-data.patch
video-select-set-for-vesa-fb.patch
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