On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Lee Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Rob Herring wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 02:49:46PM +0200, Lothar Waßmann 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. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Lothar Waßmann <[email protected]> >> > --- >> > .../bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt | 4 ++++ >> > drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 22 >> > +++++++++++++++++++--- >> > 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> > >> > diff --git >> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.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 >> > enables >> > 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 >> only talks about the PWM. > > From my understanding "switching PWM on" == enabling the regulator. > > I don't see any disparity here. Or am I missing something?
The delay is from (re-)enabling the PWM (turning it on) to switching backlight power on. That sounds like 2 different things to me. Rob
