Re: [PATCH 0/2] backlight: pwm_bl: prevent backlight flicker when switching PWM on

From: Enric Balletbo i Serra
Date: Fri Nov 10 2017 - 06:22:40 EST


Hi all,

On 08/11/17 11:48, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> On 26/10/17 13:49, Lothar WaÃmann wrote:
>> These patches implement some measures to prevent backlight flicker
>> when the backlight is being switched on for a display with an active
>> low brightness control pin.
>> GIT: [PATCH 1/2] backlight: pwm_bl: Enable PWM before switching regulator
>> GIT: [PATCH 2/2] backlight: pwm_bl: add configurable delay between
>
> Other than hoisting the pwm_enable() even earlier in the setup sequence this
> patchset seems to have a significant overlap with Enric's recent posting:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/21/211
>
> Any chance of a shared view on this, especially on the DT bindings?
>

The DT binding were discussed some time ago for the patch series I sent, though
there isn't a final ack from DT maintainer.

Lothar, the series I sent have been reviewed and acked, can you test if the
series fixes the problem for you too?

Thanks,
Enric

>
>
> Daniel.