backlight: Allow enable/disable of fb backlights, fixing regressions
Enabling the backlight by default appears to cause problems for many
users. This patch disables backlight controls unless explicitly
enabled by users via a module parameter. Since PMAC users are known
to work, default to enabled in that case.
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
diff --git a/drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c b/drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c
index f8a3d60..1d1c7c6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_MTRR
static int nomtrr __devinitdata = 0;
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT
+static int backlight __devinitdata = 1;
+#else
+static int backlight __devinitdata = 0;
+#endif
static char *mode_option __devinitdata = NULL;
static int strictmode = 0;
@@ -2059,7 +2064,10 @@
info->monspecs.modedb = NULL;
pci_set_drvdata(pd, info);
- riva_bl_init(info->par);
+
+ if (backlight)
+ riva_bl_init(info->par);
+
ret = register_framebuffer(info);
if (ret < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR PFX
@@ -2157,6 +2165,8 @@
forceCRTC = -1;
} else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "flatpanel", 9)) {
flatpanel = 1;
+ } else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "backlight:", 10)) {
+ backlight = simple_strtoul(this_opt+10, NULL, 0);
#ifdef CONFIG_MTRR
} else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "nomtrr", 6)) {
nomtrr = 1;