Re: [GIT PULL] fbdev updates & fixes for v5.17-rc1

[Lee Jones]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, Helge Deller wrote:

> On 1/21/22 10:19, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, Jani Nikula wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 5:02 PM Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> A first bunch of updates and fixes for the following fbdev & backlight drivers:
> >>>> ocfb, aty128fb, mb862xx, omapfb, qcom-wled, dt-bindings, hyperv_fb,
> >>>> lm3630a_bl, omap2, controlfb, matroxfb
> >>>>
> >>>> Nothing really important, mostly cleanups, const conversions, added null
> >>>> pointer/boundary checks and build fixes.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> Not sure whether Linus missed this or just wanted to let the
> >>> discussion settle first. But since this is all random patches for
> >>> drivers that many distros don't even enable anymore there's no issues
> >>> here, and I very much welcome someone volunteering to pick these up.
> >>> I'd expect there's a pile more since it's been 1-2 years since Bart
> >>> took care of these and merged them consistently.
> >>>
> >>> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >>>>  drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c                     |  1 -
> >>>>  drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c                      |  1 +
> >>
> >> Backlight changes usually go through the backlight tree.
> 
> Sorry, I didn't know yet.
> 
> > Yes, they do.  How were these applied to the DRM tree?
> 
> I did applied them.

When you apply patches, you should reply to let the contributor know.

> Shall I drop them and you decide about them?

No, there's no need for that.

> Next I round I'll take care not to pick backlight patches.

Thank you.

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