linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] leds: implement OpenFirmare GPIO LED driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20080717150422.GC31932@secretlab.ca>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:04:22 -0600
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	Trent Piepho <tpiepho@...escale.com>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] leds: implement OpenFirmare GPIO LED driver

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 06:13:35PM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 06:05:19PM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> [...]
> > > I think it would be better to have a module that scans the device tree
> > > for LED nodes and registers a single leds-gpio platform device for the
> > > whole lot.
> > > 
> > > Thoughts?
> > 
> > I like the idea, thanks.
> 
> Ugh, no. The idea sounds good, but in practice it isn't, since we'll
> have to handle suspend/resume ops ourselves. When we stick with the
> device/driver model we're getting all this for free.

Won't the leds-gpio driver give you suspend/resume support?

g.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/