From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rob Herring Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:38:11 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] backlight: pwm_bl: add configurable delay between re-enabling PWM and switching back Message-Id: <20171027140307.x7mtgvy5py7l5nqf@rob-hp-laptop> List-Id: References: <1509022186-19636-1-git-send-email-LW@KARO-electronics.de> <1509022186-19636-4-git-send-email-LW@KARO-electronics.de> In-Reply-To: <1509022186-19636-4-git-send-email-LW@KARO-electronics.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Lothar =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wa=DFmann?= Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Daniel Thompson , Jacek Anaszewski , Jingoo Han , Lee Jones , Mark Rutland , Pavel Machek , Richard Purdie , Thierry Reding , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 02:49:46PM +0200, Lothar Wa=DFmann 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. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Lothar Wa=DFmann > --- > .../bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt | 4 ++++ > drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++= +++--- > 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >=20 > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlig= ht.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 en= ables > 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=20 only talks about the PWM. > =20 > [0]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt > [1]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt