The num-interpolated-steps property specifies the number of
interpolated steps between each value of brightness-level table. This is
useful for high resolution PWMs to not have to list out every possible
value in the brightness-level array.

Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balle...@collabora.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thomp...@linaro.org>
---
Changes since v2:
- Add Acked-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thomp...@linaro.org>
Changes since v1:
- Add an example with a small but realistic curve. Suggested by Rob and
  Daniel

 .../bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt 
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
index 310810906613..ce9b5746b774 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/pwm-backlight.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Optional properties:
                           and enabling the backlight using GPIO.
   - pwm-off-delay-ms: Delay in ms between disabling the backlight using GPIO
                       and setting PWM value to 0.
+  - num-interpolated-steps: Number of interpolated steps between each value
+                            of brightness-levels table. This way a high
+                            resolution pwm duty cycle can be used without
+                            having to list out every possible value in the
+                            brightness-level array.
 
 [0]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt
 [1]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
@@ -39,3 +44,17 @@ Example:
                post-pwm-on-delay-ms = <10>;
                pwm-off-delay-ms = <10>;
        };
+
+Example using num-interpolation-steps:
+
+       backlight {
+               compatible = "pwm-backlight";
+               pwms = <&pwm 0 5000000>;
+
+               brightness-levels = <0 2048 4096 8192 16384 65535>;
+               num-interpolated-steps = <2048>;
+               default-brightness-level = <4096>;
+
+               power-supply = <&vdd_bl_reg>;
+               enable-gpios = <&gpio 58 0>;
+       };
-- 
2.15.1

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