[PATCH 2/2] atmel_lcdfb: Use proper blanking on negative contrast polarity

Nicolas Ferre nicolas.ferre at atmel.com
Mon Jan 9 11:17:18 EST 2012


On 10/05/2011 09:59 AM, Alexander Stein :
> If used with negative polarity the PWM unit cannot be disabled. This would
> result in a full contrast screen.
> Instead let the PWM unit enabled using 0x0 as compare value which darkens
> the display.
> In result no power saving is possible if inverted contrast polarity
> is used.

Ok, this patch looks correct.

> Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein at systec-electronic.com>

Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>

Florian, you can propagate this one upstream.

Thanks you, best regards,

> ---
>  drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
> index 816d528..2bd75b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
> @@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ static int atmel_bl_update_status(struct backlight_device *bl)
>  		brightness = 0;
>  
>  	lcdc_writel(sinfo, ATMEL_LCDC_CONTRAST_VAL, brightness);
> -	lcdc_writel(sinfo, ATMEL_LCDC_CONTRAST_CTR,
> +	if (contrast_ctr & ATMEL_LCDC_POL_POSITIVE)
> +		lcdc_writel(sinfo, ATMEL_LCDC_CONTRAST_CTR,
>  			brightness ? contrast_ctr : 0);
> +	else
> +		lcdc_writel(sinfo, ATMEL_LCDC_CONTRAST_CTR, contrast_ctr);
>  
>  	bl->props.fb_blank = bl->props.power = sinfo->bl_power = power;
>  


-- 
Nicolas Ferre



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