From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760096AbZAMXcn (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:32:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758511AbZAMXcU (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:32:20 -0500 Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:36390 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758269AbZAMXcT (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:32:19 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: don't default y From: Johannes Berg To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Richard Purdie , Linux Kernel list In-Reply-To: <37023.1231889418@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> References: <1231856997.3671.38.camel@johannes> <37023.1231889418@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ppC3P8G4bkzynbnXmZPq" Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:31:52 +0100 Message-Id: <1231889512.3728.21.camel@johannes> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-ppC3P8G4bkzynbnXmZPq Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 18:30 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:57 +0100, Johannes Berg said: > > Not all the backlight drivers make sense, especially not the "generic" > > one that works on some sharp devices. "default n" is also absolutely > > pointless, and not everybody needs LCD backlight support either. >=20 > > config BACKLIGHT_GENERIC > > tristate "Generic (aka Sharp Corgi) Backlight Driver" > > depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE > > - default y > > help >=20 > I asked about this one recently - apparently it's planned to be much more > generic, but the help text still implies it's Sharp-specific. Even if, it still shouldn't be default y. johannes --=-ppC3P8G4bkzynbnXmZPq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJbSRmAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYjCcP/2ObV9r3r21v5Wfq19HUvJOx XMtvJFhzfPm3DCiSvjY09c1e6fQuT8ZdT186Z15m28J65rYNTQdhOpFu/OvkZdjb irbIfoNIYOmVVMjXVeTdUnTSDeaMoAjGoQ+pworbF1qIkDmNYE13+tylp0SwmW9y RWltJnoyaogcFRUpVjMpsx1ZGCfnowtvJEi+ltX/ZwmTXLXuANUlgmCPcWM9bl5p X4nZuxPTLAnZqG6r/fPC8U9R+7dVIZ6jTroTpVCYs2kteFasp5HbcwU4q7A40Esp /MJ1k7oueUousRa8LMn+B8lpdpOfe96spXSycNBnYg1TRIfPqEOle71OV4oh4wPq UVAXiZxpd7mobDvIw2VqDHVbaFz9Ix5wJ136oljeAJ9LXQ6coi77dZ+98HcrK+fM 6ySIxLz1eu1i7S7yj8VHeoAc7Ut9a7zAuEZ5TbZ3b/QWMkH+2EkjmYayaqvoEFI1 8ZF3WntwAc97ejSmPv3rGvBm2MfrB0w1neqUmooRW22EKwHzn9CZmoEYpVpIBTAu xLVLnyc1YvO+UNUirjPxLYkK5QXAeK5i6UCvIdJwAWyCrfUn5Gmn0mqe6C7N58ft KVkitvBVcdUgNAN98vsokvg3fdJONGmvYvLEsRnfiBcBZH7abaNd8G9tDCOFsN02 1I+J513J/OcyOTZbeLd3 =d8oD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ppC3P8G4bkzynbnXmZPq--