linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add LED pattern trigger

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Date:	Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:03:04 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Cc:	Joe Xue <lgxue@...mail.com>,
	"cooloney@...il.com" <cooloney@...il.com>,
	"rpurdie@...ys.net" <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	"rob@...dley.net" <rob@...dley.net>,
	"milo.kim@...com" <milo.kim@...com>,
	"linux-leds@...r.kernel.org" <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add LED pattern trigger

On Tue 2013-12-31 13:29:21, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> > On Tue 2013-12-31 00:00:39, Joe Xue wrote:
> >> > What about something like this?
> >> >
> >> > Not shcheduling timer when nothing changed should save a bit of power/cpu...
> >> >
> >> > if (pattern_data->pattern[pattern_data->count] == '/') {
> >> > return;
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > this = pattern_data->pattern[pattern_data->count]
> >> > if (this == '#')
> >> > new_brigtness = pattern_data->brightness_on;
> >> > if (this == ' ')
> >> > new_brigtness = LED_OFF;
> >> > repeat = 1;
> >> > while (pattern_data->pattern[pattern_data->count + repeat] == this)
> >> > repeat++;
> >> >
> >> > mod_timer(&pattern_data->timer,
> >> > jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pattern_data->delay_unit * repeat));
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Working on it.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> >
> > You are welcome :-).
> 
> Why do we need this within the kernel?
> Patterns can easily created using a simple user space program.

Some machines (N900) can do blinking in hardware, and we want
consistent kernel-user interface. See the mailing list.
									Pavel
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