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From: swarren@wwwdotorg•org (Stephen Warren)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 15/16] pwm-backlight: Add rudimentary device tree support
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:04:28 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F7603BC.2050300@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1332945238-14897-16-git-send-email-thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>

On 03/28/2012 08:33 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> This commit adds very basic support for device tree probing. Currently,
> only a PWM and a list of distinct brightness levels can be specified.
> Enabling or disabling backlight power via GPIOs is not yet supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-design•de>

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pwm-backlight b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pwm-backlight
> +Required properties:
> +  - compatible: "pwm-backlight"
> +  - pwms: OF device-tree PWM specification (see PWM binding[0])
> +  - num-brightness-levels: number of distinct brightness levels

Do we need the "num-brightness-levels" property at all; it's just the
length of the brightness-levels property.

> +  - 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).
...> +Example:
> +
> +	backlight {
> +		compatible = "pwm-backlight";
> +		pwms = <&pwm 0 5000000>;
> +
> +		num-brightness-levels = <8>;
> +		brightness-levels = <0 4 8 16 32 64 128 255>;
> +		default-brightness-level = <6>;
> +	};

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-30 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-28 14:33 [PATCH v5 00/16] Add PWM framework and device tree support Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 01/16] pwm: Add PWM framework support Thierry Reding
2012-03-29 21:41   ` Mark Brown
2012-04-04  6:36   ` Shawn Guo
2012-04-04  6:39     ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 02/16] pwm: Allow chips to support multiple PWMs Thierry Reding
2012-03-29 21:50   ` Mark Brown
2012-04-04  6:44   ` Shawn Guo
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 03/16] pwm: Add debugfs interface Thierry Reding
2012-03-29 21:56   ` Mark Brown
2012-04-04  6:47   ` Shawn Guo
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 04/16] pwm: Add table-based lookup for static mappings Thierry Reding
2012-03-29 22:03   ` Mark Brown
2012-03-30  5:06     ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-30 10:18       ` Mark Brown
2012-03-30 10:38         ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-31 14:30           ` Thierry Reding
2012-04-01 15:20             ` Shawn Guo
2012-04-02  0:47               ` Shawn Guo
2012-04-02  4:50                 ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 05/16] pwm: Add device tree support Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:53   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-29 21:47   ` Mark Brown
2012-03-30  6:24     ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 06/16] ARM: tegra: Fix PWM clock programming Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 07/16] ARM: tegra: Provide clock for only one PWM controller Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 08/16] pwm: Add NVIDIA Tegra SoC support Thierry Reding
2012-03-30 18:57   ` Stephen Warren
2012-04-04  6:54   ` Shawn Guo
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 09/16] pwm: tegra: Add device tree support Thierry Reding
2012-03-30 19:00   ` Stephen Warren
2012-04-02  8:37     ` Thierry Reding
2012-04-02 15:42       ` Stephen Warren
2012-04-03 17:55         ` Thierry Reding
2012-04-03 19:43           ` Rob Herring
2012-04-03 23:42           ` Grant Likely
2012-04-04  5:00             ` Thierry Reding
2012-04-04 18:32               ` Stephen Warren
2012-04-07  1:44                 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 10/16] pwm: Move Blackfin PWM driver to PWM framework Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 11/16] pwm: Move PXA " Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 12/16] ARM i.MX: Move i.MX pwm driver to pwm framework Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 13/16] ARM Samsung: Move s3c " Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 14/16] ARM vt8500: Move vt8500 " Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 15/16] pwm-backlight: Add rudimentary device tree support Thierry Reding
2012-03-30 19:04   ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2012-04-04 18:11     ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-28 14:33 ` [PATCH v5 16/16] pwm: Take over maintainership of the PWM subsystem Thierry Reding

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