* [PATCH] Documentation: framebuffer: remove note about lack of backlight support
@ 2021-08-25 9:27 Ahmad Fatoum
2021-10-04 11:53 ` Sascha Hauer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ahmad Fatoum @ 2021-08-25 9:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: barebox; +Cc: Ahmad Fatoum
barebox supports PWM backlight. Remove the notice about lack of support.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
---
Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst b/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst
index 8b95ad6b8700..d17df822f299 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ Framebuffer support
Framebuffer splash screen
-------------------------
-barebox supports BMP and PNG graphics using the :ref:`command_splash` command. barebox
-currently has no support for backlights, so unless there is a board specific enable
-hook for enabling a display it must be done manually with a script. Since barebox
+barebox supports BMP and PNG graphics using the :ref:`command_splash` command. Since barebox
has nothing useful to show on the framebuffer it doesn't enable it during startup.
A framebuffer can be enabled with the ``enable`` parameter of the framebuffer device:
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ A typical script to enable the framebuffer could look like this:
# wait for signals to become stable
msleep 100
- # finally enable backlight
+ # finally enable backlight manually if no driver exists
gpio_direction_output 42 1
Framebuffer console
--
2.30.2
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: framebuffer: remove note about lack of backlight support
2021-08-25 9:27 [PATCH] Documentation: framebuffer: remove note about lack of backlight support Ahmad Fatoum
@ 2021-10-04 11:53 ` Sascha Hauer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sascha Hauer @ 2021-10-04 11:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ahmad Fatoum; +Cc: barebox
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:27:01AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> barebox supports PWM backlight. Remove the notice about lack of support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks
Sascha
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst b/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst
> index 8b95ad6b8700..d17df822f299 100644
> --- a/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/user/framebuffer.rst
> @@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ Framebuffer support
> Framebuffer splash screen
> -------------------------
>
> -barebox supports BMP and PNG graphics using the :ref:`command_splash` command. barebox
> -currently has no support for backlights, so unless there is a board specific enable
> -hook for enabling a display it must be done manually with a script. Since barebox
> +barebox supports BMP and PNG graphics using the :ref:`command_splash` command. Since barebox
> has nothing useful to show on the framebuffer it doesn't enable it during startup.
> A framebuffer can be enabled with the ``enable`` parameter of the framebuffer device:
>
> @@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ A typical script to enable the framebuffer could look like this:
> # wait for signals to become stable
> msleep 100
>
> - # finally enable backlight
> + # finally enable backlight manually if no driver exists
> gpio_direction_output 42 1
>
> Framebuffer console
> --
> 2.30.2
>
>
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