Hi,

Le jeudi 20 avril 2017 à 10:55 +0100, Daniel Thompson a écrit :
> On 18/04/17 09:46, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Le lundi 17 avril 2017 à 21:36 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven a écrit :
> > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Le dimanche 16 avril 2017 à 22:55 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven a écrit :
> > > > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
> > > > > 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@paulk.fr>
> > > > > 
> > > > > 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?
> > > 
> > > You mean v4.11 final, as there probably won't be another rc?
> > > Yes!
> > 
> > I'm all for it!
> 
> Thanks for keeping our attention on this. I sent a PR yesterday (and 
> hope my GPG key has attracted enough signatures).

Thanks for acting fast and getting this merged already. This is greatly
appreciated!

Cheers,

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

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