[PATCH v13 4/4] docs: leds: Document TI LP5812 LED driver
From: Nam Tran
Date: Thu Jul 31 2025 - 21:47:18 EST
The driver provides sysfs interfaces to control and configure the
LP5812 device and its LED channels.
The documetation describes the chip's capabilities, sysfs interface,
and usage examples.
Signed-off-by: Nam Tran <trannamatk@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/leds/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/leds/leds-lp5812.rst | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/leds/leds-lp5812.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/leds/index.rst b/Documentation/leds/index.rst
index 76fae171039c..bebf44004278 100644
--- a/Documentation/leds/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/leds/index.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ LEDs
leds-lp5523
leds-lp5562
leds-lp55xx
+ leds-lp5812
leds-mlxcpld
leds-mt6370-rgb
leds-sc27xx
diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5812.rst b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5812.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d464334557c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5812.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+========================
+Kernel driver for lp5812
+========================
+
+* TI/National Semiconductor LP5812 LED Driver
+* Datasheet: https://www.ti.com/product/LP5812#tech-docs
+
+Authors: Jared Zhou <jared-zhou@xxxxxx>
+
+Description
+===========
+
+The LP5812 is a 4x3 matrix LED driver with support for both manual and
+autonomous animation control. This driver provides sysfs interfaces to
+control and configure the LP5812 device and its LED channels.
+
+Sysfs Interface
+===============
+
+LP5812 device exposes a chip-level sysfs group:
+ /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<i2c-dev-addr>/lp5812_chip_setup/
+
+The following attributes are available at chip level:
+ - dev_config: Configure drive mode and scan order (RW)
+ - sw_reset: Reset the hardware (WO)
+ - fault_clear: Clear any device faults (WO)
+ - tsd_config_status: Read thermal shutdown config status (RO)
+
+Each LED channel is exposed as:
+ /sys/class/leds/led_<id>/
+
+Each LED exposes the following attributes:
+ - activate: Activate or deactivate the LED (WO)
+ - led_current: DC current value (0–255) (WO)
+ - max_current: maximum DC current bit setting (RO)
+ - lod_lsd: lod and lsd fault detected status (RO)
+
+Example Usage
+=============
+
+To control led_A in manual mode::
+ echo "tcmscan:4:0:1:2:3" > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/.../lp5812_chip_setup/dev_config
+ echo 1 1 1 > /sys/class/leds/LED_A/activate
+ echo 100 100 100 > /sys/class/leds/LED_A/led_current
+ echo 50 50 50 > /sys/class/leds/LED_A/multi_intensity
+ echo 255 > /sys/class/leds/LED_A/brightness
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 608a7f3feb07..42af71c7634d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -24830,6 +24830,7 @@ S: Maintained
F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-devices-lp5812
F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-lp5812
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/ti,lp5812.yaml
+F: Documentation/leds/leds-lp5812.rst
F: drivers/leds/rgb/Kconfig
F: drivers/leds/rgb/Makefile
F: drivers/leds/rgb/leds-lp5812.c
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