linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds: Add Chrome OS keyboard backlight LEDs driver

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Date:	Fri, 04 Mar 2016 10:38:40 +0100
From:	Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
To:	Evan McClain <aeroevan@...il.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...il.com>, Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olofj@...omium.org>,
	Duncan Laurie <dlaurie@...omium.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds: Add Chrome OS keyboard backlight LEDs driver

Hi Evan,

On 03/04/2016 09:38 AM, Evan McClain wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 15:46 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> From: Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>
>>
>> This is a driver for ACPI-based keyboard backlight LEDs found on
>> Chromebooks. The driver locates \\_SB.KBLT ACPI device and exports
>> backlight as "chromeos::kbd_backlight" LED class device in sysfs.
>
> Was it ever decided where this driver should live? I was planning on
> submitting to platform/chrome since most keyboard backlights seem to
> live over there but I don't think I got a response.
>

It hasn't been decided yet. I can take it, but could you submit one more
version, without

'owner	= THIS_MODULE' in struct platform_driver keyboard_led_driver ?

It is redundant, because the core will do it.

Also the line with devm_kzalloc has over 80 characters.

-- 
Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski