[GIT PULL] Backlight for v7.3

From: Lee Jones

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 09:02:42 EST


Good afternoon Linus,

The following changes since commit dc59e4fea9d83f03bad6bddf3fa2e52491777482:

Linux 7.2-rc1 (2026-06-28 12:01:31 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight.git tags/backlight-next-7.3

for you to fetch changes up to cf1a12e0804515e0ed8b3f50c1c32f7f425bd660:

backlight: Use sysfs_emit() instead of sprintf() (2026-08-12 14:06:29 +0100)

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Backlight for v7.3

- New Support & Features
- Silergy SY7758: Add driver for the 6-channel high-efficiency LED driver

- Improvements & Fixes
- Awinic AW99706: Fix device tree property names to match the binding, consistently
validate all property values, and honor the core blank state in `update_status()`
- Kinetic KTD2801: Add missing dependency on `GPIOLIB` in Kconfig
- Qualcomm WLED: Remove redundant `dev_err()` calls

- Cleanups & Refactoring
- Core: Use `sysfs_emit()` instead of `sprintf()` in sysfs show callbacks
- Maintainers: Update Junjie Cao's email address for the Awinic AW99706 driver

- Device Tree Binding Updates
- Marvell 88PM860X: Add missing bracket in the example
- Silergy SY7758: Document the 6-channel high-efficiency LED driver

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Julian Braha (1):
backlight: ktd2801: Fix unmet dependency on GPIOLIB

Junjie Cao (4):
MAINTAINERS: Update my email address for the AW99706 backlight driver
backlight: aw99706: Fix DT property names to match binding
backlight: aw99706: Validate all DT property values consistently
backlight: aw99706: Honor the core blank state in update_status()

KancyJoe (1):
backlight: Add SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver support

Levente Szajko (1):
backlight: Use sysfs_emit() instead of sprintf()

Manuel Ebner (1):
dt-bindings: backlight: 88pm860x: Add missing bracket

Neil Armstrong (1):
dt-bindings: leds: backlight: Document the SY7758 6-channel High Efficiency LED Driver

Pan Chuang (1):
backlight: qcom-wled: Remove redundant dev_err()

.../bindings/leds/backlight/88pm860x.txt | 1 +
.../bindings/leds/backlight/awinic,aw99706.yaml | 2 +-
.../bindings/leds/backlight/silergy,sy7758.yaml | 52 +++++
MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig | 10 +-
drivers/video/backlight/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/video/backlight/aw99706.c | 25 +-
drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 16 +-
drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c | 6 +-
drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c | 2 -
drivers/video/backlight/sy7758.c | 259 +++++++++++++++++++++
11 files changed, 350 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/silergy,sy7758.yaml
create mode 100644 drivers/video/backlight/sy7758.c

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Lee Jones