linux-kernel - Re: leds-lp5523: Broken commit db6eaf8388a413a5ee1b4547ce78506b9c6456b0

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Date:	Mon, 5 Aug 2013 09:31:26 +0200
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	"Kim, Milo" <Milo.Kim@...com>
Cc:	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: leds-lp5523: Broken commit db6eaf8388a413a5ee1b4547ce78506b9c6456b0

On Monday 05 August 2013 09:26:46 Kim, Milo wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > git commit "leds-lp5523: use generic firmware interface"
> > db6eaf8388a413a5ee1b4547ce78506b9c6456b0 introduced in
> > kernel 3.10 changed user space API for modifing lp5523 led
> > patterns via /sys.
> > 
> > Before this commit there were sysfs attributes engineX_mode,
> > engineX_load and engineX_leds (for every engine X).
> > 
> > Now (after commit) there are sysfs attributes:
> > select_engine, loading and data (see:
> > 10c06d178df11b0b2b746321a80ea14241997127 for description).
> > Old sysfs attributes were removed.
> > 
> > So commit db6eaf8388a413a5ee1b4547ce78506b9c6456b0 totally
> > broke all existing userspace applications which use lp5523
> > leds.
> > 
> > This also broke application MCE which is used on Nokia N900
> > phone for changing LED patterns in lp5523 led.
> 
> First of all, I'm really sorry for this conflict.
> 
> > I think that kernel api which is used by userspace
> > applications (like attributes in /sys) should not be
> > changed in way that totally broke existing applications.
> > 
> > Can you fix this api problem? (maybe adding old sysfs
> > attributes which would call new api function...)
> 
> I'll recover old sysfs attributes and implement them by using
> new functions. Additionally, I'll do same works in LP5521
> driver also.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Milo

Hi, thank you very much!

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com

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