Re: [PATCH] backlight: pwm_bl: Fix condition to set enable gpio as output

From: Paul Kocialkowski
Date: Mon Apr 17 2017 - 11:39:21 EST


Hi,

Le dimanche 16 avril 2017 Ã 22:55 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven a ÃcritÂ:
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Paul Kocialkowski <contact@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The move to a dedicated pwm_backlight_initial_power_state function in
> > commit 7613c922315e308a6486d802abed2eb74443dffd modified the condition
> > to set the enable gpio as output. This breaks specific use cases using
> > that GPIO, such as tegra124-based nyan Chromebooks where backlight
> > stopped working.
> >
> > This puts the condition back to the way it was before the move.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <contact@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Does "[PATCH v2] backlight: pwm_bl: Fix GPIO out for unimplemented
> .get_direction()"
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/4/225) fix your issue?

This definitely solves the issue!

Since this fixes broken backlight (that, in turn, makes systems unusable),
perhaps this should be included in the next rc cycle?

Cheers!

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Paul Kocialkowski, developer of free digital technology at the lower levels

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