From: Sudarshan Shetty <tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
To: lee@kernel.org, danielt@kernel.org, jingoohan1@gmail.com
Cc: deller@gmx.de, pavel@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org,
krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sudarshan Shetty <tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: gpio-backlight: allow multiple GPIOs
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:20:35 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260120125036.2203995-2-tessolveupstream@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120125036.2203995-1-tessolveupstream@gmail.com>
Update the gpio-backlight binding to support configurations that require
more than one GPIO for enabling/disabling the backlight.
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
+ minItems: 1
+ items:
+ type: array
+ minItems: 3
+ maxItems: 3
+ items:
+ type: integer
default-on:
description: enable the backlight at boot.
@@ -38,4 +48,14 @@ examples:
default-on;
};
+ - |
+ #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+ backlight {
+ compatible = "gpio-backlight";
+ gpios = <&gpio3 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <&gpio3 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <&gpio3 6 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ default-on;
+ };
+
...
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-20 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-20 12:50 [PATCH v2 0/2] backlight: gpio: add support for multiple GPIOs for backlight control Sudarshan Shetty
2026-01-20 12:50 ` Sudarshan Shetty [this message]
2026-01-20 14:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: gpio-backlight: allow multiple GPIOs Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-01-23 11:11 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-27 12:46 ` tessolveupstream
2026-01-28 10:14 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-01-28 10:11 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-01-28 11:20 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-29 5:41 ` tessolveupstream
2026-02-02 10:28 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-01-20 12:50 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] backlight: gpio: add support for multiple GPIOs for backlight control Sudarshan Shetty
2026-01-28 10:57 ` Daniel Thompson
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