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 v2 2/2] backlight: gpio: add support for multiple GPIOs for backlight control
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:20:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260120125036.2203995-3-tessolveupstream@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120125036.2203995-1-tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
The gpio-backlight driver currently supports only a single GPIO to
enable or disable a backlight device. Some panels require multiple
enable GPIOs to be asserted together.
Extend the driver to support an array of GPIOs for a single backlight
instance. All configured GPIOs are toggled together based on the
backlight state.
Existing single-GPIO Device Tree users remain unaffected.
Signed-off-by: Sudarshan Shetty <tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
---
drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
index 728a546904b0..11d21de82cf5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
@@ -14,17 +14,29 @@
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/property.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
struct gpio_backlight {
struct device *dev;
- struct gpio_desc *gpiod;
+ struct gpio_descs *gpiods;
+ unsigned long *bitmap;
};
static int gpio_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bl)
{
struct gpio_backlight *gbl = bl_get_data(bl);
+ unsigned int n = gbl->gpiods->ndescs;
+ int br = backlight_get_brightness(bl);
- gpiod_set_value_cansleep(gbl->gpiod, backlight_get_brightness(bl));
+ if (br)
+ bitmap_fill(gbl->bitmap, n);
+ else
+ bitmap_zero(gbl->bitmap, n);
+
+ gpiod_set_array_value_cansleep(n,
+ gbl->gpiods->desc,
+ gbl->gpiods->info,
+ gbl->bitmap);
return 0;
}
@@ -48,26 +60,43 @@ static int gpio_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
struct gpio_backlight_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(dev);
struct device_node *of_node = dev->of_node;
- struct backlight_properties props;
+ struct backlight_properties props = { };
struct backlight_device *bl;
struct gpio_backlight *gbl;
- int ret, init_brightness, def_value;
+ bool def_value;
+ enum gpiod_flags flags;
+ unsigned int n;
+ int words;
- gbl = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*gbl), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (gbl == NULL)
+ gbl = devm_kcalloc(dev, 1, sizeof(*gbl), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!gbl)
return -ENOMEM;
if (pdata)
gbl->dev = pdata->dev;
def_value = device_property_read_bool(dev, "default-on");
+ flags = def_value ? GPIOD_OUT_HIGH : GPIOD_OUT_LOW;
+
+ gbl->gpiods = devm_gpiod_get_array(dev, NULL, flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(gbl->gpiods)) {
+ if (PTR_ERR(gbl->gpiods) == -ENODEV)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL,
+ "The gpios parameter is missing or invalid\n");
+ return PTR_ERR(gbl->gpiods);
+ }
- 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");
+ n = gbl->gpiods->ndescs;
+ if (!n)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL,
+ "No GPIOs provided\n");
+
+ words = BITS_TO_LONGS(n);
+ gbl->bitmap = devm_kcalloc(dev, words, sizeof(unsigned long),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!gbl->bitmap)
+ return -ENOMEM;
- memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
props.max_brightness = 1;
bl = devm_backlight_device_register(dev, dev_name(dev), dev, gbl,
@@ -81,21 +110,16 @@ static int gpio_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
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)
+ : BACKLIGHT_POWER_OFF;
+ else if (gpiod_get_value_cansleep(gbl->gpiods->desc[0]) == 0)
bl->props.power = BACKLIGHT_POWER_OFF;
else
bl->props.power = BACKLIGHT_POWER_ON;
- 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;
- }
+ bl->props.brightness = def_value ? 1 : 0;
+ gpio_backlight_update_status(bl);
+
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bl);
return 0;
}
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-20 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-20 12:50 [PATCH v2 0/2] backlight: gpio: add support for multiple GPIOs for backlight control Sudarshan Shetty
2026-01-20 12:50 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: gpio-backlight: allow multiple GPIOs Sudarshan Shetty
2026-01-20 14:31 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-01-23 11:11 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-27 12:46 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-28 10:14 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-01-28 10:11 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-01-28 11:20 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-29 5:41 ` tessolveupstream
2026-02-02 10:28 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-20 12:50 ` Sudarshan Shetty [this message]
2026-01-28 10:57 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] backlight: gpio: add support for multiple GPIOs for backlight control Daniel Thompson
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