Merge tag 'backlight-next-5.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight

Pull backlight updates from Lee Jones:
 "Core Framework:
   - Trivial: Code refactoring
   - New API backlight_is_blank()
   - New API backlight_get_brightness()
   - Additional/reworked documentation
   - Remove 'extern' labels from prototypes
   - Drop backlight_put()
   - Staticify of_find_backlight()

  Driver Removal:
   - Removal of unused OT200 driver
   - Removal of unused Generic Backlight driver

  Fix-ups
   - Bunch of W=1 warning fixes
   - Convert to GPIO descriptors; sky81452
   - Move platform data handling into driver; sky81452
   - Remove superfluous code; lms501kf03
   - Many instances of using new APIs"

* tag 'backlight-next-5.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight: (34 commits)
  video: backlight: cr_bllcd: Remove unused variable 'intensity'
  backlight: backlight: Make of_find_backlight static
  backlight: backlight: Drop backlight_put()
  backlight: Use backlight_get_brightness() throughout
  backlight: jornada720_bl: Introduce backlight_is_blank()
  backlight: gpio_backlight: Simplify update_status()
  backlight: cr_bllcd: Introduce gpio-backlight semantics
  backlight: as3711_bl: Simplify update_status
  backlight: backlight: Introduce backlight_get_brightness()
  doc-rst: Wire-up Backlight kernel-doc documentation
  backlight: backlight: Add overview and update existing doc
  backlight: backlight: Drop extern from prototypes
  backlight: generic_bl: Remove this driver as it is unused
  backlight: backlight: Document enums in backlight.h
  backlight: backlight: Document inline functions in backlight.h
  backlight: backlight: Improve backlight_device documentation
  backlight: backlight: Improve backlight_properties documentation
  backlight: backlight: Improve backlight_ops documentation
  backlight: backlight: Add backlight_is_blank()
  backlight: backlight: Refactor fb_notifier_callback()
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/backlight.rst b/Documentation/gpu/backlight.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ebfc9d0aced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/backlight.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+=================
+Backlight support
+=================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+   :doc: overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/backlight.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+   :export:
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
index 1fcf8e851e15..c9a51e3bfb5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Linux GPU Driver Developer's Guide
    drm-uapi
    drm-client
    drivers
+   backlight
    vga-switcheroo
    vgaarbiter
    todo