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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drm/nouveau/kms/nv50-: fix build failure with CONFIG_BACKLIGHT=n
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 8:40 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 6:34 PM Karol Herbst <kherbst@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 6:31 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
> > > On 7/23/21 8:15 AM, Karol Herbst wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 5:10 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > what's actually the use case of compiling with
> > > > CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_BACKLIGHT=n anyway?
> > >
> > > Dunno. In this case it was just a randconfig. Still, it needs to be
> > > handled in some way - such as the other suggestion in this thread.
> > >
> >
> > sure, I was just curious if there was a specific use case or just
> > something random as you mentioned.
>
> I think this is purely done because of tradition. A long time ago, we had
> tiny framebuffer drivers and most PCs did not have backlights, so it
> made sense to leave this optional.
>
> This was probably just always carried over.
>
> Arnd
>

okay. I think I will write a patch for nouveau then and send it out soonish

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