linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] led-class: always implement blinking

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Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:04:02 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] led-class: always implement blinking

On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 11:21 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> Currently, blinking LEDs can be awkward because it is
> not guaranteed that all LEDs implement blinking. The
> trigger that wants it to blink then needs to implement
> its own timer solution. Rather than require that, make
> the core always implement LED "blinkability" with a
> timer implementation in the core. The timer trigger
> then becomes a very trivial one, and all code using
> LEDs can rely on them to be able to blink.

No comments mean it's good to go in?

johannes

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