From: Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>

The Maxim MAX25014 is a 4-channel automotive grade backlight driver IC
with integrated boost controller.

Signed-off-by: Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>

---

In the current implementation the control registers for channel 1,
control all channels. So only one led subnode with led-sources is
supported right now. If at some point the driver functionality is
expanded the bindings can be easily extended with it.
---
 .../bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml    | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 MAINTAINERS                                        |  5 ++
 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c499e6224a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Maxim max25014 backlight controller
+
+maintainers:
+  - Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>
+
+properties:
+  compatible:
+    enum:
+      - maxim,max25014
+
+  reg:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  "#address-cells":
+    const: 1
+
+  "#size-cells":
+    const: 0
+
+  default-brightness:
+    minimum: 0
+    maximum: 100
+    default: 50
+
+  enable-gpios:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  interrupts:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  power-supply:
+    description: Regulator which controls the boost converter input rail.
+
+  pwms:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  maxim,iset:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+    maximum: 15
+    default: 11
+    description:
+      Value of the ISET field in the ISET register. This controls the current
+      scale of the outputs, a higher number means more current.
+
+  maxim,strings:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
+    description:
+      A 4-bit bitfield that describes which led strings to turn on.
+    minItems: 4
+    maxItems: 4
+    items:
+      maximum: 1
+    default:
+      [1 1 1 1]
+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - reg
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+  - |
+    #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+    #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
+
+    i2c {
+        #address-cells = <1>;
+        #size-cells = <0>;
+
+        backlight@6f {
+            compatible = "maxim,max25014";
+            reg = <0x6f>;
+            #address-cells = <1>;
+            #size-cells = <0>;
+            default-brightness = <50>;
+            enable-gpios = <&gpio1 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+            interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>;
+            interrupts = <2 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
+            power-supply = <&reg_backlight>;
+            pwms = <&pwm1>;
+            maxim,iset = <7>;
+            maxim,strings = <1 1 1 0>;
+        };
+    };
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 9b1b87d08fac..eb248f4634ac 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -15515,6 +15515,11 @@ F:	Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/max2175.rst
 F:	drivers/media/i2c/max2175*
 F:	include/uapi/linux/max2175.h
 
+MAX25014 BACKLIGHT DRIVER
+M:	Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml
+
 MAX31335 RTC DRIVER
 M:	Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@analog.com>
 L:	linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org

-- 
2.52.0

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 12:31:30PM +0100, Maud Spierings wrote:
> The Maxim MAX25014 is a 4-channel automotive grade backlight driver IC
> with integrated boost controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> In the current implementation the control registers for channel 1,
> control all channels. So only one led subnode with led-sources is
> supported right now. If at some point the driver functionality is
> expanded the bindings can be easily extended with it.
> ---
>  .../bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml    | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                        |  5 ++
>  2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c499e6224a8f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/leds/backlight/maxim,max25014.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Maxim max25014 backlight controller
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    enum:
> +      - maxim,max25014
> +
> +  reg:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +

> +  "#address-cells":
> +    const: 1
> +
> +  "#size-cells":
> +    const: 0

No child nodes (with addresses), so these should be dropped. And in the 
example.

With that,

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>