Changes in Kconfig

49bda4826843be0ef97a162009a29ea3a63f3935 - Merge tag 'v7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into gpio/for-current

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:16:55 +0200

Merge tag 'v7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into gpio/for-currentLinux 7.3-rc1 List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

67f8bc848ee31831336bd478e57d2f993551902e - Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:38:51 +0200

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixesLet's start the 7.3 drm-misc-fixes cycle.Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

b2128290c29902315e632ea59e0504d6bc9e9b42 - Merge remote-tracking branch 'drm/drm-next' into msm-next-backmerge

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:06:55 +0200

Merge remote-tracking branch 'drm/drm-next' into msm-next-backmergeBackmerge of drm-next, mainly to pick up dt bindings docs updates toavoid conflicts.Signed-off-by: Rob Clark List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

f7e3f4d9f425cf4c5577cd84a096e6e618488083 - Merge tag 'backlight-next-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:16:39 +0200

Merge tag 'backlight-next-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlightPull backlight updates from Lee Jones: "New Support & Features: - Silergy SY7758: Add driver for the 6-channel high-efficiency LED driver Improvements & Fixes - Awinic AW99706: Fix device tree property names to match the binding, consistently validate all property values, and honor the core blank state in `update_status()` - Kinetic KTD2801: Add missing dependency on `GPIOLIB` in Kconfig - Qualcomm WLED: Remove redundant `dev_err()` calls Cleanups & Refactoring - Core: Use `sysfs_emit()` instead of `sprintf()` in sysfs show callbacks - Maintainers: Update Junjie Cao's email address for the Awinic AW99706 driver Device Tree Binding Updates - Marvell 88PM860X: Add missing bracket in the example - Silergy SY7758: Document the 6-channel high-efficiency LED driver"* tag 'backlight-next-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight: backlight: Use sysfs_emit() instead of sprintf() backlight: qcom-wled: Remove redundant dev_err() backlight: ktd2801: Fix unmet dependency on GPIOLIB backlight: aw99706: Honor the core blank state in update_status() backlight: aw99706: Validate all DT property values consistently backlight: aw99706: Fix DT property names to match binding dt-bindings: backlight: 88pm860x: Add missing bracket MAINTAINERS: Update my email address for the AW99706 backlight driver backlight: Add SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver support dt-bindings: leds: backlight: Document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

5859fa79c7d85d0c242a9a1ffb40bab9732d4ef1 - backlight: ktd2801: Fix unmet dependency on GPIOLIB

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:49:02 +0200

backlight: ktd2801: Fix unmet dependency on GPIOLIBLEDS_EXPRESSWIRE depends on GPIOLIB, so its selector, BACKLIGHT_KTD2801also needs to ensure GPIOLIB is enabled. Otherwise:WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for LEDS_EXPRESSWIRE Depends on [n]: NEW_LEDS [=n] && GPIOLIB [=n] Selected by [y]: - BACKLIGHT_KTD2801 [=y] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y]This unmet dependency was found by kconfirm, a static analysis tool forKconfig.Fixes: d95963e309bc ("backlight: ktd2801: Depend on GPIOLIB")Signed-off-by: Julian Braha Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) Acked-by: Duje Mihanović Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260719024902.151710-1-julianbraha@gmail.comSigned-off-by: Lee Jones List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

110d67699a430daf0316f941254c46221e3f0914 - backlight: Add SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver support

Fri, 29 May 2026 21:23:09 +0200

backlight: Add SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver supportImplement support for the Silergy SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LEDDriver used for backlight brightness control in the Ayaneo Pocket S2dual-DSI panel.Signed-off-by: KancyJoe Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260529-topic-sm8650-ayaneo-pocket-s2-sy7758-v5-2-03aacd49747c@linaro.orgSigned-off-by: Lee Jones List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

637315cb400eed1dbe721954fea437a61a2d65b2 - Merge tag 'kvm-riscv-7.3-1' of https://github.com/kvm-riscv/linux into HEAD

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:07:31 +0200

Merge tag 'kvm-riscv-7.3-1' of https://github.com/kvm-riscv/linux into HEADKVM/riscv changes for 7.3- Svadu/Zicfiss/Zicfilp FWFT support for Guest- Use try_cmpxchg for IMSIC MRIF RMW- More arch-specific tracepoints in KVM RISC-V- Eager Page Splitting for KVM RISC-V- Optimize hfence request handling for SMP Guests- Improve dirty log clearing by skipping zero bits in mask- Guard HFENCE range loops against overflow- CPU PM notifiers in KVM RISC-V for non-retentive idle states- Fix kernel-mode vector context save/restore for Guest List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

efe86f088f48f18c27b648e5724048947f3b7fb4 - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-xe-next

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:40:31 +0200

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-xe-nextSync some i915/display changesSigned-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

6d177908bad5992e17669030db41caab88041d5e - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:55:43 +0200

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-nextSync with v7.2-rc1.Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

827b9aabd3ea3e96d5e48abed9f44dbd1e550d4e - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:16:00 +0200

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-nextBackmerging to get drm-misc-next to v7.2-rc1.Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

7dd19adaaac9a161723a24de7c270861063ec6ac - Merge tag 'v7.2-rc1' into drm-rust-next

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:39:43 +0200

Merge tag 'v7.2-rc1' into drm-rust-nextMerge v7.2-rc1 into drm-rust-next to start the next cycle.Devres now requires T: 'static, which conflicts with shmem::Object usingDevres> without that bound. Resolve by adding 'staticas a supertrait to DriverObject and DeviceContext, which does notrestrict any current use cases since DriverObject is always implementedon owned, refcounted types and DeviceContext is a sealed marker traitwith only unit-type implementors.If DriverObject (or DeviceContext) ever becomes lifetime-parameterized(e.g. via a GAT for TTM backed objects), the 'static supertrait can berelaxed at that point.Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

3d5e48944e824bddc20d7b874e784f7b279636fe - Merge branch 'for-7.3/steam' into for-linus

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:16:28 +0200

Merge branch 'for-7.3/steam' into for-linus- initial support for 2026 Steam Controller (Vicki Pfau)- support for sensor events on the 2025 Steam Controller (Vicki Pfau)- assorted fixes, improvements and code refactoring (Vicki Pfau) List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

0eaed89c18aeedf0898baf2dbf5ff027c6795152 - Merge tag 'timers-v7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daniel.lezcano/linux into timers/clocksource

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:29:52 +0200

Merge tag 'timers-v7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daniel.lezcano/linux into timers/clocksource - Use designated initializers for sh_mtu2, sh_cmt, and sh_tmu, and drop the unused initializer in the platform_device_id table for sh_mtu2 (Uwe Kleine-König) - Remove redundant dev_err()/dev_err_probe() messages when devm_request_*_irq() fails, as the helper already logs an error message (Pan Chuang) - Fix a boot hang on Allwinner D1 when a forced minimum delta is used with the sun4i timer (Felix Yan) - Fix an IRQ leak in the cpuhp_setup_state() error path by freeing the IRQ on failure in the NXP PIT driver (WenTao Liang) - Fix incorrect unmapping of shared MMIO between the clocksource and clockevent drivers. If one of them fails to initialize, the error path unmaps the shared MMIO region, leaving the other driver with an invalid mapping on clps711x (Guangshuo Li) - Make the samsung_pwm driver compatible with PREEMPT_RT by replacing regular spinlocks with raw_spinlock_t in atomic contexts (Marek Szyprowski) - Use __raw_readl() and __raw_writel() instead of ioread32() and iowrite32() to support SWAP_IO_SPACE in the rtl-otto driver (Rustam Adilov) - Fix a missing clk_disable_unprepare() call in the timer initialization error path of the Armada driver (Yuho Choi)Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/75feea31-683d-45a1-87f4-ab045e0152ae@oss.qualcomm.com List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

b4d85f863e5a6f1fa01b186001af0f68f4f5239e - Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:26:07 +0200

Merge branch 'next' into for-linusPrepare input updates for 7.3 merge window. List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

76904fccf81936c084faebc73ac72c0919a42941 - Merge tag 'v7.2-rc3' into next

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:06:00 +0200

Merge tag 'v7.2-rc3' into nextSync up with mainline to pull in stable fixes to avoid merge conflicts. List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

00599d4841790d05401820a96cf7edb193888b00 - Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:58:00 +0200

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixesPull in tag v7.2-rc1 so that drm-misc-fixes becomes useful again,and drm-misc-next-fixes can be closed.Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

7c6742507c58cfdf2fa695ac895a33564b6aa252 - Merge tag 'backlight-next-7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:55:20 +0200

Merge tag 'backlight-next-7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlightPull backlight updates from Lee Jones: "New Support & Features: - Maxim MAX25014: Add support for the Maxim MAX25014 4-channel automotive grade backlight driver IC Improvements & Fixes: - Maintainers: Add the Congatec Board Controller backlight driver to its corresponding entry - Congatec Board Controller: Remove redundant X86 dependency from the backlight driver - Kinetic KTD2801: Enable BL_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME to ensure the chip is powered off during suspend Cleanups & Refactoring: - Core: Use named initializers for i2c_device_id arrays to improve readability and robustness Device Tree Binding Updates: - Maxim MAX25014: Add device tree bindings for the Maxim MAX25014 backlight controller"* tag 'backlight-next-7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight: backlight: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data MAINTAINERS: Add cgbc backlight driver backlight: cgbc: Remove redundant X86 dependency backlight: Add max25014atg backlight dt-bindings: backlight: Add max25014 support backlight: ktd2801: Enable BL_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

5c8cbca290acdd49a694b36c0af76ba0c00bbf12 - Merge branch '20260507-ubwc-rework-v4-4-c19593d20c1d@oss.qualcomm.com' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/qcom/linux into HEAD

Thu, 21 May 2026 22:36:50 +0200

Merge branch '20260507-ubwc-rework-v4-4-c19593d20c1d@oss.qualcomm.com' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/qcom/linux into HEADMerge the branch with the soc/qcom changes, required for the next UBWCpatches.Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

8edf8b09fc44990977b3fbcb708035b1740d0b7e - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

Tue, 12 May 2026 10:16:35 +0200

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-nextBackmerging to pull in commit 5401b9adebc9 ("i915: don't usea vma that didn't match the context VM") to revert it.Signed-off-by: Joonas Lahtinen List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig

db8e26c435698222b333cafcbc043dfdf083d591 - backlight: cgbc: Remove redundant X86 dependency

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:40:33 +0200

backlight: cgbc: Remove redundant X86 dependencyThe backlight driver depends on the MFD cgbc-core driver, which alreadydepends on X86. The explicit X86 dependency for the backlight driver isredundant and can be safely removed.Signed-off-by: Thomas Richard Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427-backlight-cgbc-remove-x86-dependency-v2-1-da9f2375a34a@bootlin.comSigned-off-by: Lee Jones List of files: /linux/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig