[PATCH v3] backlight: gpio_backlight: Drop output gpio direction check for initial power state

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 11:58 AM Ying Liu <victor.liu at nxp.com> wrote:
>
> If gpio pin is in input state but backlight is currently off due to

GPIO

> default pull downs, then initial power state is set to FB_BLANK_UNBLANK
> in DT boot mode with phandle link and the backlight is effectively
> turned on in gpio_backlight_probe(), which is undesirable according to
> patch description of commit ec665b756e6f ("backlight: gpio-backlight:
> Correct initial power state handling").
>
> Quote:

> ---
> If in DT boot we have phandle link then leave the GPIO in a state which the
> bootloader left it and let the user of the backlight to configure it further.
> ---

Just use ---8<--- or drop these completely, as your (commit message of
the) patch is broken now.

>
> So, let's drop output gpio direction check and only check gpio value to set

GPIO
GPIO

> the initial power state.
>
> Fixes: 706dc68102bc ("backlight: gpio: Explicitly set the direction of the GPIO")
> Signed-off-by: Liu Ying <victor.liu at nxp.com>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko