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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt b/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
index 747c53805..68419843e 100644
--- a/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
@@ -29,14 +29,23 @@ Optional properties for child nodes:
"ide-disk" - LED indicates disk activity
"timer" - LED flashes at a fixed, configurable rate
-- max-microamp : maximum intensity in microamperes of the LED
- (torch LED for flash devices)
-- flash-max-microamp : maximum intensity in microamperes of the
- flash LED; it is mandatory if the LED should
- support the flash mode
-- flash-timeout-us : timeout in microseconds after which the flash
- LED is turned off
+- led-max-microamp : Maximum LED supply current in microamperes. This property
+ can be made mandatory for the board configurations
+ introducing a risk of hardware damage in case an excessive
+ current is set.
+ For flash LED controllers with configurable current this
+ property is mandatory for the LEDs in the non-flash modes
+ (e.g. torch or indicator).
+Required properties for flash LED child nodes:
+- flash-max-microamp : Maximum flash LED supply current in microamperes.
+- flash-max-timeout-us : Maximum timeout in microseconds after which the flash
+ LED is turned off.
+
+For controllers that have no configurable current the flash-max-microamp
+property can be omitted.
+For controllers that have no configurable timeout the flash-max-timeout-us
+property can be omitted.
Examples:
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ system-status {
camera-flash {
label = "Flash";
led-sources = <0>, <1>;
- max-microamp = <50000>;
+ led-max-microamp = <50000>;
flash-max-microamp = <320000>;
- flash-timeout-us = <500000>;
+ flash-max-timeout-us = <500000>;
};