Hello.
Looks like you're right.
Can you create a patch to fix this?
Thanks.
>Среда, 15 мая 2019, 11:57 +03:00 от Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org>:
>
>Hi Alexander,
>
>On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:39 PM Alexander Shiyan < shc_w...@mail.ru > wrote:
>> We have two *_CLASS_DEVICE kernel config options (LCD_CLASS_DEVICE
>> and BACKLIGHT_LCD_DEVICE) that do the same job.
>> The patch removes useless BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT option
>> and converts LCD_CLASS_DEVICE into a menu.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Shiyan < shc_w...@mail.ru >
>This is now commit 8c5dc8d9f19c7992 ("video: backlight: Remove useless
>BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT kernel symbol").
>
>> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
>> @@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
>> # Backlight & LCD drivers configuration
>> #
>>
>> -menuconfig BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
>> - bool "Backlight & LCD device support"
>> - help
>> - Enable this to be able to choose the drivers for controlling the
>> - backlight and the LCD panel on some platforms, for example on PDAs.
>> -
>> -if BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
>> +menu "Backlight & LCD device support"
>>
>> #
>> # LCD
>
>Below, we have:
>
> config LCD_CLASS_DEVICE
> tristate "Lowlevel LCD controls"
> default m
> help
> This framework adds support for low-level control of LCD.
> Some framebuffer devices connect to platform-specific LCD modules
> in order to have a platform-specific way to control the flat
>panel
> (contrast and applying power to the LCD (not to the backlight!)).
>
>and:
>
> config BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
> tristate "Lowlevel Backlight controls"
> default m
> help
> This framework adds support for low-level control of the LCD
> backlight. This includes support for brightness and power.
>
>Hence running "make oldconfig" on a .config where
>CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT was not set leads two to new
>questions, where the answers default to "m".
>
>Perhaps the "default m" statements should be removed?
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