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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] backlight: pwm_bl: prevent backlight flicker when
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From: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>
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Hi all,

On 08/11/17 11:48, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> On 26/10/17 13:49, Lothar Waßmann 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.