[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: Convert LP8860 into YAML format adding LP886x

Sverdlin, Alexander alexander.sverdlin at siemens.com
Fri Dec 6 17:46:25 UTC 2024


Hi Andrew,

On Fri, 2024-12-06 at 11:43 -0600, Andrew Davis wrote:
> > Are you sure this is a correct thing to do? The lp8860-q1 product link
> > cites it as being a 4-channel device. Even if the kernel only ever
> > supports it as a single-channel device, the binding should reflect what
> > it is capable of doing.
> > 
> 
> Agree, the driver today just checks the first child node, but it could
> be extended for all 4 supported LED channels, and we shouldn't have
> to change the binding for that new support.

but the channels are (in my understanding) for power-balancing only, there
are no separate controls for them. What do I miss?

-- 
Alexander Sverdlin
Siemens AG
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