[PATCH v2 00/10] backlight: Replace struct fb_info in interfaces

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Backlight drivers implement struct backlight_ops.check_fb, which
uses struct fb_info in its interface. Replace the callback with one
that does not use fb_info.

In DRM, we have several drivers that implement backlight support. By
including <linux/backlight.h> these drivers depend on <linux/fb.h>.
At the same time, fbdev is deprecated for new drivers and likely to
be replaced on many systems.

This patchset is part of a larger effort to implement the backlight
code without depending on fbdev.

Patch 1 makes the backlight core match backlight and framebuffer
devices via struct fb_info.bl_dev. Patches 2 to 9 then go through
drivers and remove unnecessary implementations of check_fb. Finally,
patch 10 replaces the check_fb hook with controls_device, which
uses the framebuffer's Linux device instead of the framebuffer.

v2:
	* fix hid-picolcd for CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT=n
	* fixes to commit messages

Thomas Zimmermann (10):
  backlight: Match backlight device against struct fb_info.bl_dev
  auxdisplay/ht16k33: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
  hid/hid-picolcd: Fix initialization order
  hid/hid-picolcd: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
  backlight/aat2870-backlight: Remove struct backlight.check_fb
  backlight/pwm-backlight: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
  fbdev/sh_mobile_lcdc_fb: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
  fbdev/ssd1307fb: Init backlight before registering framebuffer
  fbdev/ssd1307fb: Remove struct backlight_ops.check_fb
  backlight: Add controls_device callback to struct backlight_ops

 drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c             |  8 ------
 drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_backlight.c      |  7 ------
 drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c           | 14 +++++------
 drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_fb.c             |  6 +++++
 drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c     |  7 ------
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c      |  9 +++++--
 drivers/video/backlight/bd6107.c         | 12 ++++-----
 drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c | 12 ++++-----
 drivers/video/backlight/lv5207lp.c       | 12 ++++-----
 drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c         | 12 ---------
 drivers/video/fbdev/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c   |  7 ------
 drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c          | 31 +++++++++---------------
 include/linux/backlight.h                | 16 ++++++------
 include/linux/pwm_backlight.h            |  1 -
 14 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)

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