# Re: \[PATCH 00/15\] backlight: Drop use of deprecated fb\_blank property

- From: Andy Shevchenko \<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com\>
- Date: 2023-01-09 11:19:27 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2023/01/13467215
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2023/01/2058457/t.md

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On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 07:26:15PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg via B4 Submission Endpoint wrote:
> This series refactor backlight users to avoid use of the
> deprecated backlight_properties.fb_blank member.
> 
> Stephen Kitt [ref] and others already did a lot of
> work and this is the final touches.
> 
> Patches 1-13 are independent and can be applied individually.
> Patch 14 was already sent by Stephen and included here to make
> the series complete.
> 
> The last patch may have to wait to avoid breaking the build
> as it depends on all the other patches.
> 
> The series touches several sub-systems, so with acks I could
> take them all in drm-misc. Or we can let the subsystems take
> them and wait until next merge window with the final removal.
> As new users of fb_blank do not pop up that often, waiting
> one merge cycle is fine.
> 
> Sam
> 
> To: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>
> To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
> To: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
> To: Claudiu Beznea <redacted>
> To: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
> To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> To: Paul Mackerras <redacted>
> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> To: Robin van der Gracht <robin@protonic.nl>
> To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
> To: Daniel Thompson <redacted>
> To: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: Stephen Kitt <redacted>
> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <redacted>

I have created a helper script [1] to send series, so it hides these long Cc
lists behind the command line parameters. Feel free to use / comment / update
/ take any ideas from it...

[1]: https://github.com/andy-shev/home-bin-tools/blob/master/ge2maintainer.sh


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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