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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/backlight.h | 8 |
4 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3ab175a3f5cb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/scale +Date: July 2019 +KernelVersion: 5.4 +Contact: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org> +Description: + Description of the scale of the brightness curve. + + The human eye senses brightness approximately logarithmically, + hence linear changes in brightness are perceived as being + non-linear. To achieve a linear perception of brightness changes + controls like sliders need to apply a logarithmic mapping for + backlights with a linear brightness curve. + + Possible values of the attribute are: + + unknown + The scale of the brightness curve is unknown. + + linear + The brightness changes linearly with each step. Brightness + controls should apply a logarithmic mapping for a linear + perception. + + non-linear + The brightness changes non-linearly with each step. Brightness + controls should use a linear mapping for a linear perception. diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5d7bb3024e13..fe75bb96a317 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -2907,6 +2907,7 @@ F: include/linux/backlight.h F: include/linux/pwm_backlight.h F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight F: Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight +F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight BATMAN ADVANCED M: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c index 5dc07106a59e..cac3e35d7630 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ static const char *const backlight_types[] = { [BACKLIGHT_FIRMWARE] = "firmware", }; +static const char *const backlight_scale_types[] = { + [BACKLIGHT_SCALE_UNKNOWN] = "unknown", + [BACKLIGHT_SCALE_LINEAR] = "linear", + [BACKLIGHT_SCALE_NON_LINEAR] = "non-linear", +}; + #if defined(CONFIG_FB) || (defined(CONFIG_FB_MODULE) && \ defined(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE_MODULE)) /* This callback gets called when something important happens inside a @@ -246,6 +252,18 @@ static ssize_t actual_brightness_show(struct device *dev, } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(actual_brightness); +static ssize_t scale_show(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) +{ + struct backlight_device *bd = to_backlight_device(dev); + + if (WARN_ON(bd->props.scale > BACKLIGHT_SCALE_NON_LINEAR)) + return sprintf(buf, "unknown\n"); + + return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", backlight_scale_types[bd->props.scale]); +} +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(scale); + static struct class *backlight_class; #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP @@ -292,6 +310,7 @@ static struct attribute *bl_device_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_brightness.attr, &dev_attr_actual_brightness.attr, &dev_attr_max_brightness.attr, + &dev_attr_scale.attr, &dev_attr_type.attr, NULL, }; diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h index 0b5897446dca..c7d6b2e8c3b5 100644 --- a/include/linux/backlight.h +++ b/include/linux/backlight.h @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ enum backlight_notification { BACKLIGHT_UNREGISTERED, }; +enum backlight_scale { + BACKLIGHT_SCALE_UNKNOWN = 0, + BACKLIGHT_SCALE_LINEAR, + BACKLIGHT_SCALE_NON_LINEAR, +}; + struct backlight_device; struct fb_info; @@ -80,6 +86,8 @@ struct backlight_properties { enum backlight_type type; /* Flags used to signal drivers of state changes */ unsigned int state; + /* Type of the brightness scale (linear, non-linear, ...) */ + enum backlight_scale scale; #define BL_CORE_SUSPENDED (1 << 0) /* backlight is suspended */ #define BL_CORE_FBBLANK (1 << 1) /* backlight is under an fb blank event */ |