netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: bcm54xx: Encode link speed and activity into LEDs

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Date:   Sat, 23 Mar 2019 18:27:14 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: bcm54xx: Encode link speed and activity into
 LEDs



On 3/23/2019 3:18 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Previously the green and amber LEDs on this quad PHY were solid, to
> indicate an encoding of the link speed (10/100/1000).
> 
> This keeps the LEDs always on just as before, but now they flash on
> Rx/Tx activity.
> 

We should probably revamp the whole way the PHY drivers configure LEDs
and come up with a number of standard LED encoding properties in Device
Tree to describe the different possible scenarios, but until we get there:

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian