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? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
