BackLight
This page will explain you how to configure and use the Linux driver controlling the BackLight of your LCD
Contents
Introduction
Backlight control is done through the i.MXL/i.MX27 integrated backlight PWM (inside LCDC module). The output signal of this PWM is redirected to the CONTRAST pin of your LCD connector.
In short the driver is mainly exporting a /sys interface to user space, allowing you to change the Duty Cycle of the PWM output signal and so the backlight intensity of the LCD.
Installation
This driver is now installed by default on the standard Armadeus rootfs. So, following instructions are only given as reference.
$ make linux26-menuconfig
Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
Backlight & LCD device support
<M> Lowlevel Backlight controls
...
Armadeus specific drivers --->
Support for specific Armadeus drivers
<M> i.MX backlight driver
- If built in kernel, reflash your kernel image; if selected as module either reflash your rootfs or copy backlight.ko, imx_bl.ko and .../lib/modules/2.6.18.1/modules.dep to your target (for more infos: Linux_drivers_generalities).
Usage
On your APF, load the module:
# modprobe imx_bl i.MX Backlight driver v0.X initialized.
All backlight controls are done through the /sys interface:
# ls /sys/class/backlight/imx-bl/ actual_brightness max_brightness subsystem brightness power uevent
- To see the actual brightness:
# cat /sys/class/backlight/imx-bl/actual_brightness
- To see the max allowed brightness:
# cat /sys/class/backlight/imx-bl/max_brightness
- To change the brightness:
# echo 100 > /sys/class/backlight/imx-bl/brightness
There is a small test script in target/linux/modules/backlight/test/
