The patch titled radeonfb: fix: backlight shutoff flashes momentarily has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fix-radeon-backlight-shutoff-flashes-momentarily.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: radeonfb: fix: backlight shutoff flashes momentarily From: "Robert T. Drury" <rtdrury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12845 Aluminum powerbook G4 with radeon. The backlight momentarily flashes brightly when turning off. If the backlight is originally dim, the flash is more noticeable. This momentary flash is stressful on the power circuit. The first OUTREG to LVDS_GEN_CNTL causes the flashing problem. To fix, remove the first manipulation of lvds_gen_cntl above it. Second manipulation of lvds_gen_cntl does nothing (level always zero). The first manipulation was needed so the display would not be garbled after turning the backlight back on, but at least on my powerbook, the garbling seems to go away when the udelay is 1000. Signed-off-by: Robert Drury <rtdrury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/aty/radeon_backlight.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/aty/radeon_backlight.c~fix-radeon-backlight-shutoff-flashes-momentarily drivers/video/aty/radeon_backlight.c --- a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_backlight.c~fix-radeon-backlight-shutoff-flashes-momentarily +++ a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_backlight.c @@ -101,12 +101,9 @@ static int radeon_bl_update_status(struc tmpPixclksCntl = INPLL(PIXCLKS_CNTL); if (rinfo->is_mobility || rinfo->is_IGP) OUTPLLP(PIXCLKS_CNTL, 0, ~PIXCLK_LVDS_ALWAYS_ONb); - lvds_gen_cntl &= ~(LVDS_BL_MOD_LEVEL_MASK | LVDS_BL_MOD_EN); - lvds_gen_cntl |= (radeon_bl_get_level_brightness(pdata, 0) << - LVDS_BL_MOD_LEVEL_SHIFT); lvds_gen_cntl |= LVDS_DISPLAY_DIS; OUTREG(LVDS_GEN_CNTL, lvds_gen_cntl); - udelay(100); + udelay(1000); lvds_gen_cntl &= ~(LVDS_ON | LVDS_EN); OUTREG(LVDS_GEN_CNTL, lvds_gen_cntl); lvds_gen_cntl &= ~(LVDS_DIGON); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rtdrury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are fix-radeon-backlight-shutoff-flashes-momentarily.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html