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* [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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