Re: [PATCH 2/2] backlight: Add Awinic AW99703 backlight driver

[Luka Panio]

Hi Daniel,

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM Daniel Thompson <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 06:29:12PM +0200, Luka Panio wrote:
> > Add a driver for the Awinic AW99703 3-string WLED backlight controller.
> >
> > Register values follow the AW99703 datasheet (V1.6), the structure
> > follows the aw99706 driver.
>
> Given how much the structure follows the aw99706 driver I'd expect there
> to be more code sharing between the drivers.
>
> Cold AW99703 support be implemented by extending the existing aw99706
> driver?
Thanks for the review. The register maps differ completely (chip ID,
brightness split, enable bit, current range, boost options), but the
driver flow is the same, so I'll turn aw99706 into a per-chip-data
driver and add AW99703 support to it in v2.
>
>
> Daniel.

Thanks,
Luka