[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1: Add PWM backlight

[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1: Add PWM backlight

[Sérgio Ferreira via B4 Relay]

From: Sérgio Ferreira <ferreira@se-rg.io>

The eDP panel (CSOT MNE007ZA3-2, IPS LCD) cannot have its brightness
set over eDP AUX. With no backlight phandle on the panel, panel-edp
falls back to the DP AUX backlight, which registers dp_aux_backlight
with a maximum brightness of 0, so brightness control has no effect.

Brightness is driven by PWM instead. UEFI leaves PM8550 LPG channel 3
running and the PWM output configured on PM8550 GPIO 8:

	gpio8 : out low func1 vin-0 no pull push-pull medium

while PMC8380_3 GPIO 4 is driven high as the backlight enable. The
panel configuration in the Windows ACPI tables agrees (PMIC-controlled
PWM, PMIC 1, bank 3, 9-bit, 2 kHz).

Describe this with a pwm-backlight node: enable pm8550_pwm, add the
pinctrl state for gpio8 func1 and attach the backlight to the panel.

Tested on a Medion SPRCHRGD 14 S1 (X1E78100): brightness control over
the full range, brightness keys, suspend/resume and restore after
reboot.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Sérgio Ferreira <ferreira@se-rg.io>
---
The PWM output pin was identified from the firmware-configured PMIC
state (both PM8550 GPIO 7 and 8 run func1; GPIO 8 matches a
non-inverted, full-duty backlight PWM) and verified by booting with
this pinctrl state. It was not taken from schematics, so a
confirmation from someone with board documentation would be welcome.
---
 .../boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1.dts  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1.dts
index 9b599917c..962531ad3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1.dts
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ wcd938x: audio-codec {
 		#sound-dai-cells = <1>;
 	};
 
+	backlight: backlight {
+		compatible = "pwm-backlight";
+		pwms = <&pm8550_pwm 3 500000>;
+		enable-gpios = <&pmc8380_3_gpios 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+
+		pinctrl-0 = <&edp_bl_pwm>;
+		pinctrl-names = "default";
+	};
+
 	chosen {
 		stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
 	};
@@ -997,6 +1006,7 @@ &mdss_dp3 {
 	aux-bus {
 		panel {
 			compatible = "edp-panel";
+			backlight = <&backlight>;
 			power-supply = <&vreg_edp_3p3>;
 
 			port {
@@ -1084,6 +1094,11 @@ &pcie6a_port0 {
 };
 
 &pm8550_gpios {
+	edp_bl_pwm: edp-bl-pwm-state {
+		pins = "gpio8";
+		function = "func1";
+	};
+
 	rtmr0_default: rtmr0-reset-n-active-state {
 		pins = "gpio10";
 		function = "normal";
@@ -1103,6 +1118,10 @@ usb0_3p3_reg_en: usb0-3p3-reg-en-state {
 	};
 };
 
+&pm8550_pwm {
+	status = "okay";
+};
+
 &pm8550ve_9_gpios {
 	usb0_1p8_reg_en: usb0-1p8-reg-en-state {
 		pins = "gpio8";

---
base-commit: f0406245cb9855e6318335a8a223551354291a46
change-id: 20261003-medion-sprchrgd-14-backlight-481aab244d8d

Best regards,
-- 
Sérgio Ferreira <ferreira@se-rg.io>

Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1: Add PWM backlight

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 10/3/26 2:00 PM, Sérgio Ferreira via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Sérgio Ferreira <ferreira@se-rg.io>
> 
> The eDP panel (CSOT MNE007ZA3-2, IPS LCD) cannot have its brightness
> set over eDP AUX. With no backlight phandle on the panel, panel-edp
> falls back to the DP AUX backlight, which registers dp_aux_backlight
> with a maximum brightness of 0, so brightness control has no effect.

[...]

> +	backlight: backlight {
> +		compatible = "pwm-backlight";
> +		pwms = <&pm8550_pwm 3 500000>;
> +		enable-gpios = <&pmc8380_3_gpios 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> +
> +		pinctrl-0 = <&edp_bl_pwm>;

Let's also add a pin state config for the enable GPIO (read back from
firmware is fine - I assume it'll be func=normal/power-source=1/
input-disable/output-enable)

Konrad