Re: [PATCH v3 01/38] backlight/bd6107: Compare against struct fb_info.device

From: Lee Jones
Date: Wed Jun 14 2023 - 09:52:20 EST


On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:

> Struct bd6107_platform_data refers to a platform device within
> the Linux device hierarchy. The test in bd6107_backlight_check_fb()
> compares it against the fbdev device in struct fb_info.dev, which
> is different. Fix the test by comparing to struct fb_info.device.
>
> Fixes a bug in the backlight driver and prepares fbdev for making
> struct fb_info.dev optional.
>
> v2:
> * move renames into separate patch (Javier, Sam, Michael)
>
> Fixes: 67b43e590415 ("backlight: Add ROHM BD6107 backlight driver")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.12+
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/backlight/bd6107.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Can the Backlight patches be applied without the others and visa versa?

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]