Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:00:48 +0100 | From | Thierry Reding <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] pwm_backlight: Add support for the whole range of the PWM in DT mode |
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 02:39:56PM +0100, Peter Ujfalusi wrote: > When booting with DT make it possible to use the whole range of the PWM when > controlling the backlight in a same way it is possible when the kernel is > booted in non DT mode. > A new property "max-brightness-level" can be used to specify the maximum > value the PWM can handle (time slots). > DTS files can use either the "brightness-levels" or the "max-brightness-level" > to configure the PWM. > In case both of these properties exist the driver will prefer the > "brightness-levels" over the "max-brightness-level". > > Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>
I don't think this is a good idea. The brightness-levels property was specifically introduced in order to have a more reasonable interface to specify brightness levels.
As such, all uses of the non-DT max_brightness to be deprecated. It is only kept for backwards compatibility with non-DT boards.
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