[Nouveau] [PATCH REBASED 2/2] nouveau/bl: Do not register interface if Apple GMUX detected

Lukas Wunner lukas at wunner.de
Sun Apr 17 21:20:14 UTC 2016


Hi,

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 09:57:42PM +0200, Pierre Moreau wrote:
> The Apple GMUX is the one managing the backlight, so there is no need for
> Nouveau to register its own backlight interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pierre Moreau <pierre.morrow at free.fr>
> ---
>  drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c b/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
> index 41330e4..94ac3cb 100644
> --- a/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
> +++ b/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>   * Register locations derived from NVClock by Roderick Colenbrander
>   */
>  
> +#include <linux/apple-gmux.h>
>  #include <linux/backlight.h>
>  #include <linux/idr.h>
>  
> @@ -257,6 +258,12 @@ nouveau_backlight_init(struct drm_device *dev)
>  	struct nvif_device *device = &drm->device;
>  	struct drm_connector *connector;
>  
> +	if (apple_gmux_present()) {
> +		NV_INFO(drm, "Apple GMUX detected: not registering Nouveau"
> +		    " backlight interface");

Small nit -- Documentation/CodingStyle, chapter 2 says:

"However, never break user-visible strings such as
printk messages, because that breaks the ability to grep for them."

Thanks,

Lukas

> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&drm->bl_connectors);
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
> -- 
> 2.8.0


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