[PATCH v7 1/4] dt-bindings: backlight: Add max25014 support
Maud Spierings
maudspierings at gocontroll.com
Tue Feb 10 00:51:10 PST 2026
On 1/29/26 17:04, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 12:31:30PM +0100, Maud Spierings wrote:
>> The Maxim MAX25014 is a 4-channel automotive grade backlight driver IC
>> with integrated boost controller.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maud Spierings <maudspierings at gocontroll.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> In the current implementation the control registers for channel 1,
>> control all channels. So only one led subnode with led-sources is
>> supported right now. If at some point the driver functionality is
>> expanded the bindings can be easily extended with it.
>> ---
>> .../bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> MAINTAINERS | 5 ++
>> 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..c499e6224a8f
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: Maxim max25014 backlight controller
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> + - Maud Spierings <maudspierings at gocontroll.com>
>> +
>> +properties:
>> + compatible:
>> + enum:
>> + - maxim,max25014
>> +
>> + reg:
>> + maxItems: 1
>> +
>
>> + "#address-cells":
>> + const: 1
>> +
>> + "#size-cells":
>> + const: 0
>
> No child nodes (with addresses), so these should be dropped. And in the
> example.
>
> With that,
>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh at kernel.org>
And in the actual dtso's too, thanks for spotting this, this passed the
dts check but indeed is not correct anymore.
kind regards,
Maud
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