# Re: \[PATCH v2\] macintosh: via-pmu-backlight: Use backlight helper

- From: Michael Ellerman \<hidden\>
- Date: 2022-11-30 09:37:43 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2022/11/2025220
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2022/06/1824230/t.md

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:04:24 +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> backlight_properties.fb_blank is deprecated. The states it represents
> are handled by other properties; but instead of accessing those
> properties directly, drivers should use the helpers provided by
> backlight.h.
> 
> Instead of retrieving the backlight brightness in struct
> backlight_properties manually, and then checking whether the backlight
> should be on at all, use backlight_get_brightness() which does all
> this and insulates this from future changes.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] macintosh: via-pmu-backlight: Use backlight helper
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/a0542d2c45a64162e63ad2d80684e57de0566271

cheers
```