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[v2,08/16] backlight: document enums in backlight.h

Message ID 20200517190139.740249-9-sam@ravnborg.org
State Superseded
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Series backlight updates | expand

Commit Message

Sam Ravnborg May 17, 2020, 7:01 p.m. UTC
Add kernel-doc documentation for the backlight enums

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>
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 include/linux/backlight.h | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h
index 98349a2984dc..b779c29142fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/backlight.h
+++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
@@ -14,26 +14,110 @@ 
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 
+/**
+ * enum backlight_update_reason - what method was used to update backlight
+ *
+ * A driver indicates the method (reason) used for updating the backlight
+ * when calling backlight_force_update().
+ */
 enum backlight_update_reason {
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_UPDATE_HOTKEY:
+	 *
+	 * The backlight was updated using a hot-key.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_UPDATE_HOTKEY,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_UPDATE_SYSFS:
+	 *
+	 * The backlight was updated using sysfs.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_UPDATE_SYSFS,
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum backlight_type - the type of backlight control
+ *
+ * The type of interface used to control the backlight.
+ */
 enum backlight_type {
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_RAW:
+	 *
+	 * The backlight is controlled using hardware registers directly.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_RAW = 1,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM:
+	 *
+	 * The backlight is controller using a platform-specific interface.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_FIRMWARE:
+	 *
+	 * The backlight is controlled using a standard firmware interface.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_FIRMWARE,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_TYPE_MAX: Number of entries.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_TYPE_MAX,
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum backlight_notification - the type of notification
+ *
+ * The notifications that is used for notification sent to the receiver
+ * that registered notifications using backlight_register_notifier().
+ */
 enum backlight_notification {
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED:
+	 *
+	 * The backlight device is registered.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_UNREGISTERED:
+	 *
+	 * The backlight revice is unregistered.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_UNREGISTERED,
 };
 
+/** enum backlight_scale - the type of scale used for brightness values
+ *
+ * The type of scale used for brightness values.
+ */
 enum backlight_scale {
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_SCALE_UNKNOWN:
+	 *
+	 * The scale is unknown.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_SCALE_UNKNOWN = 0,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_SCALE_LINEAR:
+	 *
+	 * The scale is linear, so the brigness increase is the same
+	 * when increasing with the same steps (more or less).
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_SCALE_LINEAR,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_SCALE_NON_LINEAR:
+	 *
+	 * The scale is not linear. This is often used when the brightness
+	 * values tries to adjust to the relative perception of the eye
+	 * demanding a non-linear scale.
+	 */
 	BACKLIGHT_SCALE_NON_LINEAR,
 };