Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: Add Orient Chip OCP8178

[Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 09:21:46PM +0200, Wim de With wrote:
> Add device tree bindings for the Orient Chip OCP8178 LED backlight
> driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wim de With <wf@dewith.io>
> ---
>  .../bindings/leds/backlight/ocs,ocp8178.yaml       | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                        |  5 +++
>  2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/ocs,ocp8178.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/ocs,ocp8178.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..57c44d3383b88
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/ocs,ocp8178.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/leds/backlight/ocs,ocp8178.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Orient Chip OCP8178 backlight
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Wim de With <wf@dewith.io>
> +
> +description:
> +  The Orient Chip OCP8178 is a white LED backlight driver controlled by a single
> +  GPIO line with a vendor-specific onewire protocol.
> +
> +allOf:
> +  - $ref: common.yaml#
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    const: ocs,ocp8178
> +
> +  enable-gpios:
> +    description: GPIO to use to enable/disable and dim the backlight.
> +    maxItems: 1

Is this really an "enable" GPIO? The enable-gpio(s) for most backlights
is the HWEN pin rather than something used for protocol. Maybe
onewire-gpios or control-gpios?


Daniel.