From: Sudarshan Shetty <tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
To: lee@kernel.org, danielt@kernel.org, jingoohan1@gmail.com
Cc: deller@gmx.de, pavel@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org,
krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sudarshan Shetty <tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] backlight: gpio: add support for multiple GPIOs for backlight control
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 14:21:20 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105085120.230862-3-tessolveupstream@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260105085120.230862-1-tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
Extend the gpio-backlight driver to handle multiple GPIOs instead of a
single one. This allows panels that require driving several enable pins
to be controlled by the backlight framework.
Signed-off-by: Sudarshan Shetty <tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
---
drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
index 728a546904b0..037e1c111e48 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@
struct gpio_backlight {
struct device *dev;
- struct gpio_desc *gpiod;
+ struct gpio_desc **gpiods;
+ unsigned int num_gpios;
};
static int gpio_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bl)
{
struct gpio_backlight *gbl = bl_get_data(bl);
+ unsigned int i;
+ int br = backlight_get_brightness(bl);
- gpiod_set_value_cansleep(gbl->gpiod, backlight_get_brightness(bl));
+ for (i = 0; i < gbl->num_gpios; i++)
+ gpiod_set_value_cansleep(gbl->gpiods[i], br);
return 0;
}
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ static int gpio_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct backlight_device *bl;
struct gpio_backlight *gbl;
int ret, init_brightness, def_value;
+ unsigned int i;
gbl = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*gbl), GFP_KERNEL);
if (gbl == NULL)
@@ -62,10 +67,22 @@ static int gpio_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
def_value = device_property_read_bool(dev, "default-on");
- gbl->gpiod = devm_gpiod_get(dev, NULL, GPIOD_ASIS);
- if (IS_ERR(gbl->gpiod))
- return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(gbl->gpiod),
- "The gpios parameter is missing or invalid\n");
+ gbl->num_gpios = gpiod_count(dev, NULL);
+ if (gbl->num_gpios == 0)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL,
+ "The gpios parameter is missing or invalid\n");
+ gbl->gpiods = devm_kcalloc(dev, gbl->num_gpios, sizeof(*gbl->gpiods),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!gbl->gpiods)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < gbl->num_gpios; i++) {
+ gbl->gpiods[i] =
+ devm_gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, i, GPIOD_ASIS);
+ if (IS_ERR(gbl->gpiods[i]))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(gbl->gpiods[i]),
+ "Failed to get GPIO at index %u\n", i);
+ }
memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
@@ -78,22 +95,34 @@ static int gpio_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
}
/* Set the initial power state */
- if (!of_node || !of_node->phandle)
+ if (!of_node || !of_node->phandle) {
/* Not booted with device tree or no phandle link to the node */
bl->props.power = def_value ? BACKLIGHT_POWER_ON
- : BACKLIGHT_POWER_OFF;
- else if (gpiod_get_value_cansleep(gbl->gpiod) == 0)
- bl->props.power = BACKLIGHT_POWER_OFF;
- else
- bl->props.power = BACKLIGHT_POWER_ON;
+ : BACKLIGHT_POWER_OFF;
+ } else {
+ bool all_high = true;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < gbl->num_gpios; i++) {
+ if (gpiod_get_value_cansleep(gbl->gpiods[i]) != 0) {
+ all_high = false;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ bl->props.power =
+ all_high ? BACKLIGHT_POWER_ON : BACKLIGHT_POWER_OFF;
+ }
bl->props.brightness = 1;
init_brightness = backlight_get_brightness(bl);
- ret = gpiod_direction_output(gbl->gpiod, init_brightness);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to set initial brightness\n");
- return ret;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < gbl->num_gpios; i++) {
+ ret = gpiod_direction_output(gbl->gpiods[i], init_brightness);
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
+ "failed to set gpio %u direction\n",
+ i);
}
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bl);
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 8:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 8:51 [PATCH v1 0/2] backlight: gpio-backlight: Add support for multiple GPIOs Sudarshan Shetty
2026-01-05 8:51 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: gpio-backlight: allow " Sudarshan Shetty
2026-01-05 9:55 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-13 4:45 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-14 15:53 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-18 16:48 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-19 14:42 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-05 8:51 ` Sudarshan Shetty [this message]
2026-01-05 10:09 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] backlight: gpio: add support for multiple GPIOs for backlight control Daniel Thompson
2026-01-13 7:17 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-14 16:03 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-20 4:52 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-20 9:38 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-20 12:53 ` tessolveupstream
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