# Re: \[RFC 4/4\] backlight: gpio\_backlight: remove platform data support

- From: Linus Walleij \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-03-27 11:55:17 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/03/5244050
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/03/5237933/t.md

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On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
[ref] wrote:

> Legacy boards can use static property sets/GPIO lookup tables to describe
> backlight connections, there is no need to maintain legacy platform data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Good riddance, this is how all drivers should eventually end up
after full device property conversion I guess.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <redacted>

Yours,
Linus Walleij
```