led subsystem · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
• M Pavel Machek <pavel@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/
• F Documentation/leds/
• F drivers/leds/
• F include/dt-bindings/leds/
• F include/linux/leds.h

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 0/2] backlight: Add support for Orient Chip OCP8178
  2026-08-12 19:22 · 1 reply in 7d · Wim de With <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Andy Shevchenko <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-31
• Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-31

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-fbdev (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: Add Orient Chip OCP8178
  2026-08-12 · Wim de With <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: backlight: Add Orient Chip OCP8178
  2026-08-06 · Wim de With <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v6 08/14] mfd: lm3533: Convert to use OF bindings
  2026-07-31 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v6 04/14] mfd: lm3533: Pass only regmap and light sensor presence to child devices
  2026-07-31 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 02/14] mfd: lm3533: Remove driver specific regmap wrappers
  2026-07-31 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v6 01/14] dt-bindings: leds: Document TI LM3533 LED controller
  2026-07-31 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v5 08/14] mfd: lm3533: Convert to use OF bindings
  2026-06-17 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v5 14/14] video: leds: backlight: lm3533: Support getting LED sources from DT
  2026-06-17 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COOLING14d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v5 01/14] dt-bindings: leds: Document TI LM3533 LED controller
  2026-06-17 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v5 04/14] mfd: lm3533: Pass only regmap and light sensor presence to child devices
  2026-06-17 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v5 02/14] mfd: lm3533: Remove driver specific regmap wrappers
  2026-06-17 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COLD45d [PATCH 2/3] leds: lp8864: Rename struct lp8864_led and local variables
  2026-06-15 · "A. Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
• COLD45d [PATCH 3/3] backlight: lp8864: Convert from LED to backlight class driver
  2026-06-15 · "A. Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
• COLD45d [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: backlight: ti,lp8864: Add backlight class properties
  2026-06-15 · "A. Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
• STALE63d [PATCH v4 14/14] video: leds: backlight: lm3533: Support getting LED sources from DT
  2026-06-06 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE63d [PATCH v4 08/14] mfd: lm3533: Convert to use OF bindings
  2026-06-06 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE63d [PATCH v4 04/14] mfd: lm3533: Pass only regmap and light sensor presence to child devices
  2026-06-06 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE63d [PATCH v4 02/14] mfd: lm3533: Remove driver specific regmap wrappers
  2026-06-06 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE63d [PATCH v4 01/14] dt-bindings: leds: Document TI LM3533 LED controller
  2026-06-06 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE73d [PATCH v3 11/11] video: leds: backlight: lm3533: Support getting LED sources from DT
  2026-06-01 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE73d [PATCH v3 05/11] mfd: lm3533: Convert to use OF bindings
  2026-06-01 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE73d [PATCH v3 02/11] mfd: lm3533: Remove driver specific regmap wrappers
  2026-06-01 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE73d [PATCH v3 01/11] dt-bindings: leds: Document TI LM3533 LED controller
  2026-06-01 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COLD43d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver
  2026-05-29 · Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
• STALE77d [PATCH v2 6/6] video: leds: backlight: lm3533: Support getting LED sources from DT
  2026-05-28 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE77d [PATCH v2 2/6] mfd: lm3533: Convert to use OF bindings
  2026-05-28 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE77d [PATCH v2 1/6] dt-bindings: leds: Document TI LM3533 LED controller
  2026-05-28 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• STALE85d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver
  2026-05-21 · Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
• STALE77d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver
  2026-05-19 · Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
• STALE88d [PATCH v1 6/6] video: leds: backlight: lm3533: Support getting LED sources from DT
  2026-05-17 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE86d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v8 1/4] dt-bindings: backlight: Add max25014 support
  2026-04-07 · Maud Spierings via B4 Relay <devnull+maudspierings.gocontroll.com@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE87d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver
  2026-04-30 · Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE77d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver
  2026-05-19 · Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE85d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver
  2026-05-21 · Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD43d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver
  2026-05-29 · Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• COLD45d [PATCH 2/3] leds: lp8864: Rename struct lp8864_led and local variables
  2026-06-15 · "A. Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>