Re: [PATCH v5 03/46] backlight: lm3630a_bl: stop messing with the pwm->period field

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, Thierry Reding wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 03:16:13PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:03:26PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > pwm->period field is not supposed to be changed by PWM users. The only
> > > > ones authorized to change it are the PWM core and PWM drivers.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c | 3 +--
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Applied, thanks.
> > 
> > Applied?
> 
> You didn't specifically Ack this one, but I presumed that since the
> change is essentially the same as for pwm-backlight, and this is another
> prerequisite for the remainder of the series it should go in through the
> PWM tree as well.

If you're taking Backlight patches through a !Backlight tree, you're
going to have to send out a pull-request.  There are no conflicts
currently, so I won't use it right away, but I need it in my arsenal
if they do occur.

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