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SubjectRe: [PATCH 7/8] fbdev: ssd1307fb: Add sysfs handles to expose contrast and dim setting to userspace.
On Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 05:42:44PM +0100, Thomas Niederprüm wrote:
> > > +static struct device_attribute device_attrs[] = {
> > > + __ATTR(contrast, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, show_contrast,
> > > store_contrast),
> > > + __ATTR(dim, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, show_dim, store_dim),
> > > +
> > > +};
> > > +
> >
> > I would have thought this was something accessible through the
> > framebuffer ioctl.
> >
> > Apparently it's not, at least for the contrast, so maybe it should be
> > added there, instead of doing it for a single driver?
>
> I think the contrast setting for an OLED display is much like the
> backlight setting for LCD panel. Since there is also no ioctl to set
> the backlight of an LCD I wonder if the contrast of an OLED should have
> one.

It's too much of framebuffer interface debate for me here. Tomi?

Maxime

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