# Re: \[PATCH 01/15\] video: fbdev: atmel\_lcdfb: Rework backlight handling

- From: Stephen Kitt \<hidden\>
- Date: 2023-01-09 21:37:39 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2023/01/2060397
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2023/01/2058457/t.md

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On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 18:26:12 +0100, Helge Deller [ref] wrote:

> On 1/7/23 21:53, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Hi Stephen.
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 09:36:47PM +0100, Stephen Kitt wrote:  
> >> On 7 January 2023 19:26:15 CET, Sam Ravnborg via B4 Submission Endpoint
> >> [ref] wrote:  
> >>> From: Sam Ravnborg <redacted>
> >>>
> >>> The atmel_lcdfb had code to save/restore power state.
> >>> This is not needed so drop it.
> >>>
> >>> Introduce backlight_is_brightness() to make logic simpler.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <redacted>
> >>> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>
> >>> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
> >>> Cc: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@microchip.com>
> >>> Cc: <redacted>
> >>> Cc: <redacted>
> >>> ---
> >>> drivers/video/fbdev/atmel_lcdfb.c | 24 +++---------------------
> >>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)  
> > ...  
> >>
> >> Hi Sam,
> >>
> >> I’d submitted quite a few more of these previously (and you’d reviewed
> >> them), see e.g. the thread starting at
> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/6/7/4365, and yesterday,
> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/6/520, https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/6/656,
> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/6/970, https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/6/643,
> >> and https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/6/680. There are a few more, I can find
> >> them if it’s any use.  
> >
> > The patches from yesterday was what triggered me to resurrect an old
> > branch of mine where I had done something similar. I had lost all
> > memory of reviewing similar patches from you.
> >
> >
> > Helge - could you pick the reviewed patches from:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220607192335.1137249-1-steve@sk2.org/
> > [This is the same mail as Stephen refer to above - looked up via lore].  
> 
> I just pulled those 7 patches into fbdev/for-next.
> If you need more, please let me know,

Please pull
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230109200239.1850611-1-steve@sk2.org/ too, it
completes the fbdev set. (It’s a re-send of
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220609180440.3138625-1-steve@sk2.org/).

Thanks,

Stephen
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