On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:15:41PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 12:00:03PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > > > > Backlight brightness curves can have different shapes. The two main > > > > types are linear and non-linear curves. The human eye doesn't > > > > perceive linearly increasing/decreasing brightness as linear (see > > > > also 88ba95bedb79 "backlight: pwm_bl: Compute brightness of LED > > > > linearly to human eye"), hence many backlights use non-linear (often > > > > logarithmic) brightness curves. The type of curve is currently opaque > > > > to userspace, so userspace often relies on more or less reliable > > > > heuristics (like the number of brightness levels) to decide whether > > > > to treat a backlight device as linear or non-linear. > > > > > > > > Export the type of the brightness curve via a new sysfs attribute. > > > > > > > > Matthias Kaehlcke (4): > > > > MAINTAINERS: Add entry for stable backlight sysfs ABI documentation > > > > backlight: Expose brightness curve type through sysfs > > > > backlight: pwm_bl: Set scale type for CIE 1931 curves > > > > backlight: pwm_bl: Set scale type for brightness curves specified in > > > > the DT > > > > > > > > .../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight | 26 ++++++++++++++ > > > > MAINTAINERS | 2 ++ > > > > drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 19 ++++++++++ > > > > drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++- > > > > include/linux/backlight.h | 8 +++++ > > > > 5 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight > > > > > > ping, any comments on v3? > > > > Looks like PATCH 2/4 still needs seeing to. > > The patch currently doesn't have any comments. > > Do you see any specific things that need improvement? If so, could you > comment on the patch? It needs Daniel T's Ack. -- Lee Jones [李琼斯] Linaro Services Technical Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
