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SubjectRe: -mm merge plans for 2.6.20

> > > > > 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. The problem is backlight
is after the framebuffer. We should move the backlight menu before
the framebuffer configuration.

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