Most of the LEDs are powered by a voltage/current regulator. Describing it
in the device-tree makes it possible for the LED core to enable/disable it
when needed.

Signed-off-by: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhib...@ti.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt 
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
index 9fa6f9795d50..54857c16573d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ Optional properties for child nodes:
 - panic-indicator : This property specifies that the LED should be used,
                    if at all possible, as a panic indicator.
 
+- power-supply : A voltage/current regulator used to to power the LED. When a
+                LED is turned off, the LED core disable its regulator. The
+                same regulator can power many LED (or other) devices. It is
+                turned off only when all of its users disabled it.
+
 - trigger-sources : List of devices which should be used as a source triggering
                    this LED activity. Some LEDs can be related to a specific
                    device and should somehow indicate its state. E.g. USB 2.0
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ led-controller@0 {
                function = LED_FUNCTION_STATUS;
                linux,default-trigger = "heartbeat";
                gpios = <&gpio0 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               power-supply = <&led_regulator>;
        };
 
        led1 {
-- 
2.17.1

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