The patch titled
Subject: pwm_backlight: add device tree support for Low Threshold Brightness
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pwm_backlight-add-device-tree-support-for-low-threshold-brightness.patch
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From: "Philip, Avinash" <avinashphilip@xxxxxx>
Subject: pwm_backlight: add device tree support for Low Threshold Brightness
Some backlights perform poorly when driven by a PWM with a short
duty-cycle. For such devices, the low threshold can be used to specify a
lower bound for the duty-cycle and should be chosen to exclude the
problematic range.
Add device tree probing support for
platform_pwm_backlight_data,lth_brightness, putting
low-threshold-brightness as the optional property's name.
Signed-off-by: Philip, Avinash <avinashphilip@xxxxxx>
Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@xxxxxx>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt | 10 ++++++++++
drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt~pwm_backlight-add-device-tree-support-for-low-threshold-brightness Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt~pwm_backlight-add-device-tree-support-for-low-threshold-brightness
+++ a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ Required properties:
Optional properties:
- pwm-names: a list of names for the PWM devices specified in the
"pwms" property (see PWM binding[0])
+ - low-threshold-brightness: brightness threshold low level. Low threshold
+ brightness set to value so that backlight present on low end of
+ brightness.
+ Some panels, backlight would absent if duty percentage of PWM wave is less
+ than certain level (say 20%). By setting low-threshold-brightness to a
+ value above (percentage of brightness-levels max) 50 (20% of 255, if 255
+ is max). On setting low-threshold-brightness, range of brightness-levels
+ is calculated in a region of low-threshold-brightness to brightness-levels
+ max.
[0]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt
@@ -25,4 +34,5 @@ Example:
brightness-levels = <0 4 8 16 32 64 128 255>;
default-brightness-level = <6>;
+ low-threshold-brightness = <50>;
};
diff -puN drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c~pwm_backlight-add-device-tree-support-for-low-threshold-brightness drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c~pwm_backlight-add-device-tree-support-for-low-threshold-brightness
+++ a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ static int pwm_backlight_parse_dt(struct
data->dft_brightness = value;
data->max_brightness--;
+
+ ret = of_property_read_u32(node, "low-threshold-brightness",
+ &value);
+ if (!ret)
+ data->lth_brightness = value;
}
/*
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from avinashphilip@xxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
pwm_backlight-add-device-tree-support-for-low-threshold-brightness.patch
pwm_backlight-add-device-tree-support-for-low-threshold-brightness-fix.patch
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