linux-kernel - Re: spitz backlight: fix brightness limiting

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Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:20:34 +0800
From:	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
To:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, lenz@...wisc.edu,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dirk@...er-online.de, arminlitzel@....de,
	Cyril Hrubis <metan@....cz>, thommycheck@...il.com,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	dbaryshkov@...il.com, omegamoon@...il.com, utx@...guin.cz
Subject: Re: spitz backlight: fix brightness limiting

It's a little bit weird it's called 'limit_mask' when I first converted it
to a spi driver. There must be some reasons, Richard, you've got
any ideas?

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
>
> On spitz (& similar) machines, if battery is running low, backlight
> needs to be limited to lower step. Unfortunately, current code uses &=
> for limiting, turning backlight off completely for some backlight
> settings. Fix that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
>
> --- linux-rc/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_lcd.c        2009-10-18 18:11:36.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-rc/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_lcd.c        2009-10-16 02:10:13.000000000 +0200
> @@ -433,8 +434,9 @@
>
>        if (corgibl_flags & CORGIBL_SUSPENDED)
>                intensity = 0;
> -       if (corgibl_flags & CORGIBL_BATTLOW)
> -               intensity &= lcd->limit_mask;
> +
> +       if ((corgibl_flags & CORGIBL_BATTLOW) && intensity > lcd->limit_mask)
> +               intensity = lcd->limit_mask;
>
>        return corgi_bl_set_intensity(lcd, intensity);
>  }
>
>
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>
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