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Add kernel-doc documentation for the backlight enums

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
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Sam Ravnborg authored and Lee Jones committed Jul 20, 2020
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#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.
*/
BACKLIGHT_RAW = 1,

/**
* @BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM:
*
* The backlight is controlled 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.
*
* The linear scale will increase brightness the same for each step.
*/
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,
};

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