[PATCH v4 00/10] backlight: Replace struct fb_info in interfaces

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello Thomas,

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 05:22:33PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> 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.

I assume the merge plan for this series is via drm-misc in one go?

Best regards
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
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