Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: add Kinetic KTD3137

From
Roman Vivchar <rva333@protonmail.com>
Date
2026-11-03 14:34:09
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Reply to
Daniel Thompson, 2026-11-03
Hi Daniel,

On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 at 4:05 PM, Daniel Thompson [off-list ref] wrote:
On Mon, Nov 02, 2026 at 09:58:48PM +0200, Roman Vivchar via B4 Relay wrote:
quoted
From: Roman Vivchar <rva333@protonmail.com>

Kinetic KTD3137 is an LED IC, used in various mobile devices for the
display backlight. Add devicetree bindings documentation for this chip.

Datasheet: https://www.kinet-ic.com/uploads/KTD3137-04a.pdf

Signed-off-by: Roman Vivchar <rva333@protonmail.com>
---
 .../bindings/leds/backlight/kinetic,ktd3137.yaml   | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 MAINTAINERS                                        |  5 ++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/kinetic,ktd3137.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/kinetic,ktd3137.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..140615640a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/kinetic,ktd3137.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/leds/backlight/kinetic,ktd3137.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Kinetic Technologies KTD3137 LED Backlight
+
+maintainers:
+  - Roman Vivchar <rva333@protonmail.com>
+
+description:
+  The Kinetic Technologies KTD3137 is an I2C LED backlight driver for medium
+  to large size LCD panels.
<snip>
+  led-max-microamp:
+    minimum: 5000
+    maximum: 29800
+    default: 20200
+
+  vin-supply: true
+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - reg
+  - vin-supply
Why is vin-supply required?
The chip cannot function without VIN power supply. Even if it's on the
always-on power rail on certain board, there's always a chance it might be
accidentally left disabled on the other. It's better to document supply in
the bindings as far as I understand.

Best regards,
Roman
Daniel.
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