[PATCH 6/6] backlight: Remove fb_blank from struct backlight_properties

[Daniel Thompson]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 04:45:05PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Remove the field fb_blank from struct backlight_properties and remove
> all code that still sets or reads it. Backlight blank status is now
> tracked exclusively in struct backlight_properties.state.
>
> The core backlight code keeps the fb_blank and state fields in sync,
> but doesn't do anything else with fb_blank. Several drivers initialize
> fb_blank to FB_BLANK_UNBLANK to enable the backlight. This is already
> the default for the state field. So we can delete the fb_blank code
> from core and drivers and rely on the state field.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Cc: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi at asem.it>
> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at microchip.com>
> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni at bootlin.com>
> Cc: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea at tuxon.dev>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson at linaro.org>


Daniel.