[PATCH v3] dt-bindings: leds: Allow differently named multicolor leds
From: J. Neuschäfer via B4 Relay
Date: Thu Jan 01 2026 - 12:19:43 EST
From: "J. Neuschäfer" <j.ne@xxxxxxxxxx>
In some cases, for example when using multiple instances of
leds-group-multicolor, a board may have multiple multi-leds which can't
be distinguished by unit address. In such cases it should be possible to
name them differently, for example multi-led-0 and multi-led-1. This
patch adds another node name pattern to leds-class-multicolor.yaml to
allow such names.
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: J. Neuschäfer <j.ne@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
V3:
- Combine patterns into one, instead of using oneOf schema
- Change examples in commit message to use numeric suffixes
- Restrict pattern to allow only numeric suffixes after the dash
following Rob Herring's suggestion
V2:
- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250412-multi-led-v2-1-56af86908744@xxxxxxxxxx
- Add Krzysztof's review tag
- mention leds-group-multicolor in the commit message
- rebase on 6.15-rc1
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250209-multi-led-v1-1-5aebccbd2db7@xxxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/leds-class-multicolor.yaml | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/leds-class-multicolor.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/leds-class-multicolor.yaml
index bb40bb9e036ee0..7bfc3d807acae3 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/leds-class-multicolor.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/leds-class-multicolor.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ description: |
properties:
$nodename:
- pattern: "^multi-led(@[0-9a-f])?$"
+ pattern: "^multi-led(@[0-9a-f]|-[0-9]+)?$"
color:
description: |
---
base-commit: 9448598b22c50c8a5bb77a9103e2d49f134c9578
change-id: 20250209-multi-led-9991e205befd
Best regards,
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J. Neuschäfer <j.ne@xxxxxxxxxx>