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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-20 15:41:37 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-20 15:41:37 -0700
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Merge tag 'backlight-next-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight
Pull backlight updates from Lee Jones:
 "Core Framework:
   - Remove unused/obsolete code/comments

  New Functionality:
   - Allow less granular brightness specification for high-res PWMs; pwm_bl
   - Align brightness {inc,dec}rements with that perceived by the human-eye; pwm_bl

  Fix-ups:
   - Prepare for the introduction of -Wimplicit-fall-through; adp8860_bl

  Bug Fixes:
   - Fix uninitialised variable; pwm_bl"

* tag 'backlight-next-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight:
  backlight: pwm_bl: Fix uninitialized variable
  backlight: adp8860: Mark expected switch fall-through
  backlight: Remove obsolete comment for ->state
  dt-bindings: pwm-backlight: Move brightness-levels to optional
  backlight: pwm_bl: Compute brightness of LED linearly to human eye
  dt-bindings: pwm-backlight: Add a num-interpolation-steps property
  backlight: pwm_bl: Linear interpolation between brightness-levels
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt34
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
index 310810906613..64fa2fbd98c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@ pwm-backlight bindings
 Required properties:
   - compatible: "pwm-backlight"
   - pwms: OF device-tree PWM specification (see PWM binding[0])
-  - brightness-levels: Array of distinct brightness levels. Typically these
-      are in the range from 0 to 255, but any range starting at 0 will do.
-      The actual brightness level (PWM duty cycle) will be interpolated
-      from these values. 0 means a 0% duty cycle (darkest/off), while the
-      last value in the array represents a 100% duty cycle (brightest).
-  - default-brightness-level: the default brightness level (index into the
-      array defined by the "brightness-levels" property)
   - power-supply: regulator for supply voltage
 
 Optional properties:
@@ -21,6 +14,19 @@ Optional properties:
                           and enabling the backlight using GPIO.
   - pwm-off-delay-ms: Delay in ms between disabling the backlight using GPIO
                       and setting PWM value to 0.
+  - brightness-levels: Array of distinct brightness levels. Typically these
+                       are in the range from 0 to 255, but any range starting at
+                       0 will do. The actual brightness level (PWM duty cycle)
+                       will be interpolated from these values. 0 means a 0% duty
+                       cycle (darkest/off), while the last value in the array
+                       represents a 100% duty cycle (brightest).
+  - default-brightness-level: The default brightness level (index into the
+                              array defined by the "brightness-levels" property).
+  - num-interpolated-steps: Number of interpolated steps between each value
+                            of brightness-levels table. This way a high
+                            resolution pwm duty cycle can be used without
+                            having to list out every possible value in the
+                            brightness-level array.
 
 [0]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt
 [1]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
@@ -39,3 +45,17 @@ Example:
 		post-pwm-on-delay-ms = <10>;
 		pwm-off-delay-ms = <10>;
 	};
+
+Example using num-interpolation-steps:
+
+	backlight {
+		compatible = "pwm-backlight";
+		pwms = <&pwm 0 5000000>;
+
+		brightness-levels = <0 2048 4096 8192 16384 65535>;
+		num-interpolated-steps = <2048>;
+		default-brightness-level = <4096>;
+
+		power-supply = <&vdd_bl_reg>;
+		enable-gpios = <&gpio 58 0>;
+	};