[PATCH v1 1/2] drm/msm/dp: Add support for SC7280 eDP
Bjorn Andersson
bjorn.andersson at linaro.org
Wed Aug 25 23:11:48 UTC 2021
On Thu 12 Aug 19:28 CDT 2021, sbillaka at codeaurora.org wrote:
> On 2021-08-12 06:11, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Quoting Sankeerth Billakanti (2021-08-11 17:08:01)
[..]
> > > +static int dp_parser_gpio(struct dp_parser *parser)
> > > +{
> > > + struct device *dev = &parser->pdev->dev;
> > > + int ret;
> > > +
> > > + parser->panel_bklt_gpio = devm_gpiod_get(dev, "panel-bklt",
> > > + GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> > > + if (IS_ERR(parser->panel_bklt_gpio)) {
> > > + ret = PTR_ERR(parser->panel_bklt_gpio);
> > > + parser->panel_bklt_gpio = NULL;
> > > + DRM_ERROR("%s: cannot get panel-bklt gpio, %d\n",
> > > __func__, ret);
> > > + goto fail;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + parser->panel_pwm_gpio = devm_gpiod_get(dev, "panel-pwm",
> > > GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> > > + if (IS_ERR(parser->panel_pwm_gpio)) {
> > > + ret = PTR_ERR(parser->panel_pwm_gpio);
> > > + parser->panel_pwm_gpio = NULL;
> > > + DRM_ERROR("%s: cannot get panel-pwm gpio, %d\n",
> > > __func__, ret);
> > > + goto fail;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + DRM_INFO("gpio on");
> > > +fail:
> > > + return 0;
> > > +}
> >
> > Don't we have pwm backlight drivers like
> > drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c to support this? This sort of thing
> > doesn't belong in the dp driver.
>
> Okay. I will explore it.
>
I proposed that we attach a drm_panel and allow that to control the
(pwm-)backlight. Here's the link for the DP patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/20210726231351.655302-1-bjorn.andersson@linaro.org/
Regards,
Bjorn
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