Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: gpio-backlight: allow multiple GPIOs

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 23/01/2026 12:11, tessolveupstream@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
> On 20-01-2026 20:01, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 20/01/2026 13:50, Sudarshan Shetty wrote:
>>> Update the gpio-backlight binding to support configurations that require
>>> more than one GPIO for enabling/disabling the backlight.
>>
>>
>> Why? Which devices need it? How a backlight would have three enable
>> GPIOs? I really do not believe, so you need to write proper hardware
>> justification.
>>
> 
> To clarify our hardware setup: 
> the panel requires one GPIO for the backlight enable signal, and it 
> also has a PWM input. Since the QCS615 does not provide a PWM controller 
> for this use case, the PWM input is connected to a GPIO that is driven 
> high to provide a constant 100% duty cycle, as explained in the link 
> below.
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251028061636.724667-1-tessolveupstream@gmail.com/T/#m93ca4e5c7bf055715ed13316d91f0cd544244cf5

That's not an enable gpio, but PWM.

You write bindings for this device, not for something else - like your
board.


>  
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sudarshan Shetty <tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  .../leds/backlight/gpio-backlight.yaml        | 24 +++++++++++++++++--
>>>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/gpio-backlight.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/gpio-backlight.yaml
>>> index 584030b6b0b9..4e4a856cbcd7 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/gpio-backlight.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/gpio-backlight.yaml
>>> @@ -16,8 +16,18 @@ properties:
>>>      const: gpio-backlight
>>>  
>>>    gpios:
>>> -    description: The gpio that is used for enabling/disabling the backlight.
>>> -    maxItems: 1
>>> +    description: |
>>> +      The gpio that is used for enabling/disabling the backlight.
>>> +      Multiple GPIOs can be specified for panels that require several
>>> +      enable signals. All GPIOs are controlled together.
>>> +    type: array
>>
>> There is no such syntax in the bindings, from where did you get it? Type
>> is already defined.
>>
>> items:
>>   minItems: 1
>>   maxItems: 3
>>
>>
>>> +    minItems: 1
>>> +    items:
>>> +      type: array
>>> +      minItems: 3
>>> +      maxItems: 3
>>> +      items:
>>> +        type: integer
>>
>> All this is some odd stuff - just to be clear, don't send us LLM output.
>> I don't want to waste my time to review microslop.
>>
>> Was it done with help of Microslop?
>>
> 
> I understand now that the schema changes I proposed were not correct, 

How such code could be even created... Just in case, do you understand
that Microslop and LLM is waste of our time?

> and I will address this in the next patch series. My intention was to 
> check whether the gpio-backlight binding could support more than one 
> enable-type GPIO. 
> Could you please advise what would be an appropriate maximum number of 
> GPIOs for gpio-backlight in such a scenario? For example, would allowing 
> 2 GPIOs be acceptable, or should this case be handled in a different way?
We have plenty of examples for this, but anyway you won't need it
because this is not an enable GPIO.

Best regards,
Krzysztof