[PATCH v2 1/2] video: lcd: Remove useless BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT kernel symbol

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Alexander,

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:39 PM Alexander Shiyan <shc_work at mail.ru> wrote:
> We have two *_CLASS_DEVICE kernel config options (LCD_CLASS_DEVICE
> and BACKLIGHT_LCD_DEVICE) that do the same job.
> The patch removes useless BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT option
> and converts LCD_CLASS_DEVICE into a menu.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work at mail.ru>

This is now commit 8c5dc8d9f19c7992 ("video: backlight: Remove useless
BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT kernel symbol").

> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
> @@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
>  # Backlight & LCD drivers configuration
>  #
>
> -menuconfig BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
> -       bool "Backlight & LCD device support"
> -       help
> -         Enable this to be able to choose the drivers for controlling the
> -         backlight and the LCD panel on some platforms, for example on PDAs.
> -
> -if BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
> +menu "Backlight & LCD device support"
>
>  #
>  # LCD

Below, we have:

    config LCD_CLASS_DEVICE
            tristate "Lowlevel LCD controls"
            default m
            help
              This framework adds support for low-level control of LCD.
              Some framebuffer devices connect to platform-specific LCD modules
              in order to have a platform-specific way to control the flat panel
              (contrast and applying power to the LCD (not to the backlight!)).

and:

    config BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
            tristate "Lowlevel Backlight controls"
            default m
            help
              This framework adds support for low-level control of the LCD
              backlight. This includes support for brightness and power.

Hence running "make oldconfig" on a .config where
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT was not set leads two to new
questions, where the answers default to "m".

Perhaps the "default m" statements should be removed?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert at linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds