Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.20

[James Simmons]

> > > > > 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. The problem is backlight
is after the framebuffer. We should move the backlight menu before
the framebuffer configuration.

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