On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:59:01 +0000 (GMT)
James Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > video-sysfs-support-take-2-add-dev-argument-for-backlight_device_register.patch
> > > > >
> > > > > Does this patch update the fbdev drivers?
> > > >
> > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.19-rc6/2.6.19-rc6-mm2/broken-out/video-sysfs-support-take-2-add-dev-argument-for-backlight_device_register.patch
> > > >
> > > > Seems not. Should it?
> > >
> > > Yes. Its bizarre.
> >
> > It is.
> >
> > > The drivers compile with the wrong method prototype.
> >
> > No, it doesn't get compiled at all.
> >
> > CONFIG_FB_ATY128_BACKLIGHT has no Kconfig record at all.
> >
> > CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT has no Kconfig record at all.
> >
> > CONFIG_FB_RIVA_BACKLIGHT has no Kconfig record at all.
> >
> > So this is all dead code. There is no way to enable any of it within the
> > config system.
>
> Ug. Kconfig in drivers/video has all the above drivers enable the
> backlight only if PMAC_BACKLIGHT is set.
erp, I grepped for CONFIG_foo and not foo. Again.
> The problem is backlight
> is after the framebuffer. We should move the backlight menu before
> the framebuffer configuration.
OK. Can you do a patch sometime please?
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