[PATCH 02/15] arm: dts: am335x-evm: Add backlight to the panel

Kory Maincent kory.maincent at bootlin.com
Tue Nov 18 16:25:21 CET 2025


On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:01:00 +0100
"Markus Schneider-Pargmann" <msp at baylibre.com> wrote:

> Hi Kory,
> 
> On Tue Nov 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM CET, Kory Maincent wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:40:22 +0100
> > "Markus Schneider-Pargmann (TI.com)" <msp at baylibre.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> Add backlight phandle reference to panel node. Without this reference,
> >> the display driver cannot control backlight, leaving the panel dark.  
> >
> > What is the point of modifying this devicetree as it will be replaced by the
> > Linux upstream devicetree at the last patch of your series?  
> 
> My idea was to first fix the current setup to have something to compare
> with before changing the full devicetree. I think it is useful to have
> this for reference in the history. This also makes bisecting work
> across the upstream devicetree changes without loss of functionality.

Ok, legit.

Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent at bootlin.com>

Thank you!

Regards,
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