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| author |   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2020-10-30 08:40:56 +0100 |
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| committer |   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-10-30 13:15:01 +0100 |
| commit | bd6e8441c2fc4d653d115516f55b1700284bc42d (patch) | |
| tree | 05b59791d0700d079f787b293590cf9ea805e7c7 /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight-driver-adp8870 | |
| parent | docs: ABI: sysfs-c2port: remove a duplicated entry (diff) | |
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docs: ABI: sysfs-class-backlight: unify ABI documentation
Both adp8860 and adp8870 define some extensions to the
backlight class. This causes warnings:
Warning: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_level is defined 2 times: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_level:8 /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_level:30
Warning: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_zone is defined 2 times: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_zone:18 /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_zone:40
As ABI definitions shouldn't be duplicated.
Unfortunately, the ABI is dependent on the specific device
features. As such, ambient_light_level range is somewhat
different among the supported devices.
The ambient_light_zone is even worse: the meanings of each
preset are different, and there's no ABI to retrieve
the supported types nor their meanins. Unfortunately,
it is too late to fix it without causing regressions,
as this has been used since Kernel v2.6.35.
Rewrite those ABI documentation using the current documentation
as a reference, and double-checking at the datasheets:
https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ADP8870.pdf
https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ADP8860.pdf
in order to properly document the differences between those two
drivers.
Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/342195ad5a819d9bcfcebc133c77ab69b4211672.1604042072.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight-driver-adp8870 | 30 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight-driver-adp8870 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight-driver-adp8870 index 33e648808117..b08ca912cad4 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight-driver-adp8870 +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight-driver-adp8870 @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +See also /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_level and +/sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_zone. + What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/<ambient light zone>_max What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/l1_daylight_max What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/l2_bright_max @@ -27,30 +30,3 @@ Description: set to 0. Full off when the backlight is disabled. This file will also show the dim brightness level stored for this <ambient light zone>. - -What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_level -Date: May 2011 -KernelVersion: 3.0 -Contact: device-drivers-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org -Description: - Get conversion value of the light sensor. - This value is updated every 80 ms (when the light sensor - is enabled). Returns integer between 0 (dark) and - 8000 (max ambient brightness) - -What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/ambient_light_zone -Date: May 2011 -KernelVersion: 3.0 -Contact: device-drivers-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org -Description: - Get/Set current ambient light zone. Reading returns - integer between 1..5 (1 = daylight, 2 = bright, ..., 5 = dark). - Writing a value between 1..5 forces the backlight controller - to enter the corresponding ambient light zone. - Writing 0 returns to normal/automatic ambient light level - operation. The ambient light sensing feature on these devices - is an extension to the API documented in - Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight. - It can be enabled by writing the value stored in - /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/max_brightness to - /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/brightness. |