Re: pxaregs and backlight control

derr.... yeah, good thing its GPL, eh? :)

cp h2200_bl.c aximx50_bl.c
emacs aximx50_bl.c
    Esc-x query-replace h2200 aximx50
Ctrl-x, Ctrl-s

done....

On 3/14/07, Patrick Steiner <patrick.steiner_at_a1.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14. March 2007 21:48:59 Matt Barclay wrote:
> > whoa, that was insanely easy. I've posted the driver here:
> >
> > http://axim.openfbo.com/kernel/backlight/
>
> i toke a quick look into your source code
> (http://axim.openfbo.com/kernel/backlight/aximx50_bl.c)
>
> iPAQ AXIMX50 ? its a Dell Aximx50 ;-)
>
> regards,
> patrick
> >
> > Control the backlight by writing to:
> >
> > /sys/class/backlight/corgi-bl/brightness
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > for i in `seq 0 10 1030`; do echo $i >
> > /sys/class/backlight/corgi-bl/brightness ; usleep 100; done
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Matt
> >
> > On 3/14/07, Matt Barclay <mbarclay_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There is a backlight controller interface and drivers in:
> > >
> > > drivers/video/backlight/
> > >
> > > Actually, it looks like h2200_bl.c is very close to what the aximx50
> > > needs. I'm playing with it right now...
> > >
> > > On 3/14/07, Patrick Steiner <patrick.steiner_at_a1.net> wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, 14. March 2007 20:32:05 Matt Barclay wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > pxaregs is a tool for reading and setting PXA2xx registers. It
> > > > > originally comes from here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.mn-logistik.de/unsupported/pxa250/
> > > > >
> > > > > I've modified it slightly to compile with the angstrom gcc 4.1.1
> > > > > compiler. The source can be found here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://axim.openfbo.com/pxaregs.c
> > > > >
> > > > > And a binary here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://axim.openfbo.com/pxaregs-axim
> > > > >
> > > > > You can use it to control the LCD backlight:
> > > > >
> > > > > Backlight Off:
> > > > > ./pxaregs-axim PWMDUTY0_DCYCLE 0
> > > > >
> > > > > Backlight On full intensity:
> > > > > ./pxaregs-axim PWMDUTY0_DCYCLE 1023
> > > >
> > > > wow nice now someone should write a kernel driver for that.
> > > >
> > > > or is there already a std pxa backlight driver?
> > > >
> > > > > Or anything in between. I don't notice much change in intensity
> > > > > beyond 600 or so.
> > > > >
> > > > > The Axim is using a pulse width modulation (PWM) pin to control
> > > > > brightness.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Matt
> > > >
> > > > patrick
> > > >
> > > > --
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