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Date:	Thu, 31 May 2007 14:07:16 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Jan Kratochvil <honza@...os.cz>
Cc:	rpurdie@...ys.net, dtor@...l.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support for controlling leds on xbox 360 pad.

Hi!

>  this patch is against current input tree.
> 
> Xbox360 pad has four leds, which forms a circle. 
> Unfortunately the leds itself are not independent, and 
> we can't control them directle, but rather through 
> sending commands which have predefined meaning (like 
> turn first on, others off)
> This patch allows us to send these commands via leds 
> subsystem. Commands itself are described here: 
> http://www.free60.org/wiki/Gamepad.
> 
> Led subsystem allows us to set brightness, but there is 
> nothing like brightness on this device. So brightness is 
> actually interpreted as the command (only values between 
> 0 and 14 are accepted).

Ugh, no, I do not think we want to do that.

Devices with brightness 0 or 255 (off or on) are okay, but controlling
4 leds with one brightness is just wrong.

							Pavel
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