6 files changed, 62 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
index 82288a7218d4..728cb5677725 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ if FB || SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE
         source "drivers/video/logo/Kconfig"
 endif
 
-if FB && SYSFS
+if SYSFS
         source "drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig"
 endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/Makefile b/drivers/video/Makefile
index 95563c9c6b9c..481c6c9695f8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # Each configuration option enables a list of files.
 
+obj-y                             += fb_notify.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB)                  += fb.o
 fb-y                              := fbmem.o fbmon.o fbcmap.o fbsysfs.o \
                                      modedb.o fbcvt.o
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
index 022f9d3473f5..02f15297a021 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ menuconfig BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
 
 config BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
         tristate "Lowlevel Backlight controls"
-        depends on BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT && FB
+        depends on BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
         default m
         help
           This framework adds support for low-level control of the LCD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config BACKLIGHT_DEVICE
 
 config LCD_CLASS_DEVICE
         tristate "Lowlevel LCD controls"
-        depends on BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT && FB
+        depends on BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
         default m
         help
           This framework adds support for low-level control of LCD.
diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_notify.c b/drivers/video/fb_notify.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c020389e4fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_notify.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/drivers/video/fb_notify.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006 Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
+ *
+ *      2001 - Documented with DocBook
+ *      - Brad Douglas <brad@neruo.com>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ */
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+
+static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(fb_notifier_list);
+
+/**
+ *      fb_register_client - register a client notifier
+ *      @nb: notifier block to callback on events
+ */
+int fb_register_client(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+        return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&fb_notifier_list, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_register_client);
+
+/**
+ *      fb_unregister_client - unregister a client notifier
+ *      @nb: notifier block to callback on events
+ */
+int fb_unregister_client(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+        return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&fb_notifier_list, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_unregister_client);
+
+/**
+ * fb_notifier_call_chain - notify clients of fb_events
+ *
+ */
+int fb_notifier_call_chain(unsigned long val, void *v)
+{
+        return blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list, val, v);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_notifier_call_chain);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 4fc9df426c1a..17961e3ecaa0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 
 #define FBPIXMAPSIZE    (1024 * 8)
 
-static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(fb_notifier_list);
 struct fb_info *registered_fb[FB_MAX];
 int num_registered_fb;
 
@@ -791,8 +790,7 @@ fb_set_var(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)
 
                     event.info = info;
                     event.data = &mode1;
-                    ret = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                              FB_EVENT_MODE_DELETE, &event);
+                    ret = fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_MODE_DELETE, &event);
                 }
 
                 if (!ret)
@@ -837,8 +835,7 @@ fb_set_var(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)
 
                                 info->flags &= ~FBINFO_MISC_USEREVENT;
                                 event.info = info;
-                                blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                                evnt, &event);
+                                fb_notifier_call_chain(evnt, &event);
                         }
                 }
         }
@@ -861,8 +858,7 @@ fb_blank(struct fb_info *info, int blank)
 
                 event.info = info;
                 event.data = &blank;
-                blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                FB_EVENT_BLANK, &event);
+                fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_BLANK, &event);
         }
 
         return ret;
@@ -933,8 +929,7 @@ fb_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
                 con2fb.framebuffer = -1;
                 event.info = info;
                 event.data = &con2fb;
-                blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                    FB_EVENT_GET_CONSOLE_MAP, &event);
+                fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_GET_CONSOLE_MAP, &event);
                 return copy_to_user(argp, &con2fb,
                                     sizeof(con2fb)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
         case FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP:
@@ -952,9 +947,8 @@ fb_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
                     return -EINVAL;
                 event.info = info;
                 event.data = &con2fb;
-                return blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                           FB_EVENT_SET_CONSOLE_MAP,
-                                           &event);
+                return fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_SET_CONSOLE_MAP,
+                                              &event);
         case FBIOBLANK:
                 acquire_console_sem();
                 info->flags |= FBINFO_MISC_USEREVENT;
@@ -1330,8 +1324,7 @@ register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
         registered_fb[i] = fb_info;
 
         event.info = fb_info;
-        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                            FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event);
+        fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event);
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1365,30 +1358,11 @@ unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
         fb_cleanup_class_device(fb_info);
         class_device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, i));
         event.info = fb_info;
-        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                     FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED, &event);
+        fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED, &event);
         return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- *      fb_register_client - register a client notifier
- *      @nb: notifier block to callback on events
- */
-int fb_register_client(struct notifier_block *nb)
-{
-        return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&fb_notifier_list, nb);
-}
-
-/**
- *      fb_unregister_client - unregister a client notifier
- *      @nb: notifier block to callback on events
- */
-int fb_unregister_client(struct notifier_block *nb)
-{
-        return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&fb_notifier_list, nb);
-}
-
-/**
  *      fb_set_suspend - low level driver signals suspend
  *      @info: framebuffer affected
  *      @state: 0 = resuming, !=0 = suspending
@@ -1403,13 +1377,11 @@ void fb_set_suspend(struct fb_info *info, int state)
 
         event.info = info;
         if (state) {
-                blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                FB_EVENT_SUSPEND, &event);
+                fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_SUSPEND, &event);
                 info->state = FBINFO_STATE_SUSPENDED;
         } else {
                 info->state = FBINFO_STATE_RUNNING;
-                blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                FB_EVENT_RESUME, &event);
+                fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_RESUME, &event);
         }
 }
 
@@ -1480,9 +1452,7 @@ int fb_new_modelist(struct fb_info *info)
 
         if (!list_empty(&info->modelist)) {
                 event.info = info;
-                err = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
-                                           FB_EVENT_NEW_MODELIST,
-                                           &event);
+                err = fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_NEW_MODELIST, &event);
         }
 
         return err;
@@ -1594,8 +1564,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_blank);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_pan_display);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_get_buffer_offset);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_set_suspend);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_register_client);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_unregister_client);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_get_options);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 405f44e44e5d..4ad0673b1995 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ struct fb_event {
 
 extern int fb_register_client(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int fb_unregister_client(struct notifier_block *nb);
-
+extern int fb_notifier_call_chain(unsigned long val, void *v);
 /*
  * Pixmap structure definition
  *