[PATCH 1/3 v2] dt-bindings: backlight: Add some common backlight properties
Linus Walleij
linus.walleij at linaro.org
Wed Aug 19 20:46:41 UTC 2020
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:46 PM Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 2:58 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Let's use a common.yaml include for the backlight like we do with
> > the LEDs. The LEDs are inherently incompatible so their bindings
> > cannot be reused for backlight.
> >
> > Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> > Suggested-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> > ---
> > ChangeLog v1->v2:
> > - New patch as suggested by Sam.
> > ---
> > .../bindings/leds/backlight/common.yaml | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/common.yaml
>
> I'd expect some refactoring here with existing backlight schemas
> including the ones I just added for 5.9.
Yeah if it takes off I can certainly make a slew of refactorings,
I would like to do that once this is applied.
> > + LED powered by a boost converter.
> > +
> > +properties:
> > + default-on:
> > + description:
> > + The initial state of the backlight can be set to be on with this
> > + property. This is a state applied by the operating system so that the
> > + backlight is always turned on at boot.
>
> Needs a type.
Dropping this property because the subsystem maintainer
doubts this is needed.
Fixed the rest!
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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