Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: dts: imx6q-logicpd: Shutdown LCD regulator during suspend

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Wed Mar 20 2019 - 08:42:48 EST


On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 08:03:59AM -0600, Adam Ford wrote:
> The LCD power sequencer is very finicky. The backlight cannot
> be driven until after the sequencer is done. Until now, the
> regulators were marked with 'regulator-always-on' to make sure
> it came up before the backlight. This patch allows the LCD
> regulators to power down and prevent the backlight from being
> used again until the sequencer is ready. This reduces
> standby power consumption by ~100mW.
>
> Fixes: 1c207f911fe9 ("ARM: dts: imx: Add support for Logic
> PD i.MX6QD EVM")

Fixes tag is more for regressions or serious bugs. It looks the patch
is more like an improvement though.

Shawn

>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-logicpd.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-logicpd.dts
> index 45eb0b7f75f8..d96ae54be338 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-logicpd.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-logicpd.dts
> @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
>
> panel-lvds0 {
> compatible = "okaya,rs800480t-7x0gp";
> + power-supply = <&reg_lcd_reset>;
> + backlight = <&backlight>;
>
> port {
> panel_in_lvds0: endpoint {
> @@ -38,7 +40,6 @@
> regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>;
> gpio = <&gpio4 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> enable-active-high;
> - regulator-always-on;
> vin-supply = <&reg_3v3>;
> startup-delay-us = <500000>;
> };
> @@ -52,7 +53,6 @@
> regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>;
> gpio = <&gpio5 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> enable-active-high;
> - regulator-always-on;
> vin-supply = <&reg_lcd>;
> };
> };
> --
> 2.17.1
>