Re: [PATCH 2/2] backlight: pwm_bl: add configurable delay between re-enabling PWM and switching back

["Lothar Waßmann" <LW@KARO-electronics.de>]

Hi,

On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 09:12:12 +0000 Lee Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2017, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 18:46:18 -0600 Rob Herring wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 02:49:46PM +0200, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> > > >> > When switching the backlight on, the LCD may need some time to adjust
> > > >> > to the configured PWM duty cycle. Add a configurable delay between
> > > >> > configuring the PWM and enabling the backlight regulator to account
> > > >> > for this.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Lothar Waßmann <LW@KARO-electronics.de>
> > > >> > ---
> > > >> >  .../bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt      |  4 ++++
> > > >> >  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c                   | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
> > > >> >  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >> >
> > > >> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
> > > >> > index 764db86..95594c3 100644
> > > >> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
> > > >> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
> > > >> > @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Optional properties:
> > > >> >                 "pwms" property (see PWM binding[0])
> > > >> >    - enable-gpios: contains a single GPIO specifier for the GPIO which enables
> > > >> >                    and disables the backlight (see GPIO binding[1])
> > > >> > +  - turn-on-delay-ms: delay in milliseconds between configuring the PWM
> > > >> > +             and switching PWM on. This may be required to eliminate
> > > >> > +             flicker when switching the PWM on after it has been
> > > >> > +             disabled.
> > > >>
> > > >> The subject talks about turning on the backlight regulator, but this
> > > >> only talks about the PWM.
> > > >
> > > > From my understanding "switching PWM on" = enabling the regulator.
> > > >
> > > > I don't see any disparity here.  Or am I missing something?
> > > 
> > > The delay is from (re-)enabling the PWM (turning it on) to switching
> > > backlight power on. That sounds like 2 different things to me.
> 
> I read it as the delay being between "configuring the PWM" (still not
> on) and "switching <the> PWM on" (enabling the regulator).
> 
> > The text should better read:
> > +  - turn-on-delay-ms: delay in milliseconds between configuring the PWM
> > +             and switching the backlight regulator on. This may be
> > +             required to eliminate flicker when switching the backlight
> > +             on after it had been disabled.
> 
> How is the regulator described in the datasheet?
> 
> Is it for the Backlight or the PWM?
> 
It actually is a Power Control input of the LCD panel, that is
modeled as a fiexd-regulator in Linux.


Lothar Waßmann