[PATCH 8/9] arm: dts: imx8mm_evk: add pwm1/backlight support

Michael Walle michael at walle.cc
Wed Mar 16 12:45:22 CET 2022


Am 2022-03-16 12:42, schrieb Tommaso Merciai:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 11:30:19AM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
>> > Add pwm1/backlight support nodes for imx8mm_evk board
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai at amarulasolutions.com>
>> > ---
>> >  arch/arm/dts/imx8mm-evk.dtsi | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mm-evk.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mm-evk.dtsi
>> > index 60179e006d..e7a2bd8a64 100644
>> > --- a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mm-evk.dtsi
>> > +++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mm-evk.dtsi
>> > @@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
>> >  		enable-active-high;
>> >  	};
>> >
>> > +	backlight: backlight {
>> > +		status = "disabled";
>> > +		compatible = "pwm-backlight";
>> > +		pwms = <&pwm1 0 5000000>;
>> > +		brightness-levels = <0 255>;
>> > +		num-interpolated-steps = <255>;
>> > +		default-brightness-level = <250>;
>> > +	};
>> > +
>> >  	ir-receiver {
>> >  		compatible = "gpio-ir-receiver";
>> >  		gpios = <&gpio1 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
>> > @@ -350,6 +359,12 @@
>> >  	status = "okay";
>> >  };
>> >
>> > +&pwm1 {
>> > +	pinctrl-names = "default";
>> > +	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_backlight>;
>> > +	status = "disabled";
>> > +};
>> > +
>> >  &iomuxc {
>> >  	pinctrl_fec1: fec1grp {
>> >  		fsl,pins = <
>> > @@ -491,4 +506,10 @@
>> >  			MX8MM_IOMUXC_GPIO1_IO02_WDOG1_WDOG_B	0x166
>> >  		>;
>> >  	};
>> > +
>> > +	pinctrl_backlight: backlightgrp {
>> > +		fsl,pins = <
>> > +			MX8MM_IOMUXC_GPIO1_IO01_PWM1_OUT	0x06
>> > +		>;
>> > +	};
>> 
>> Will this also be submitted to upstream linux? Otherwise, the device
>> trees will diverge.
>> 
>> -michael
> 
> Hi,
> At the moment on upstream linux, backlight on pwm1 is not handle. This
> will also be submitted on upstream Linux once will merged on U-Boot.

Actually, it should be the other way around, because the device trees
should be synced with linux once in a while. So while I don't oppose
to do it this way, your changes might eventually be overwritten if
this won't be merged with linux.

-michael


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