linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] leds: documentation: 'ide-disk' to 'disk-activity'

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:05:32 +0100
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	Stephan Linz <linz@...pro.net>
Cc:	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Joseph Jezak <josejx@...too.org>,
	Nico Macrionitis <acrux@...xppc.org>,
	Jörg Sommer <joerg@...a.gnuu.de>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] leds: documentation: 'ide-disk' to 'disk-activity'

On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 12:29:37AM +0200, Stephan Linz wrote:
> Cc: Joseph Jezak <josejx@...too.org>
> Cc: Nico Macrionitis <acrux@...xppc.org>
> Cc: Jörg Sommer <joerg@...a.gnuu.de>
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Linz <linz@...pro.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt    | 2 +-
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/leds-gpio.txt | 2 +-
>  Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt                | 2 +-
>  Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt                    | 2 +-
>  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
> index af10678..1e97169 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Optional properties for child nodes:
>       "default-on" - LED will turn on (but for leds-gpio see "default-state"
>  		    property in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt)
>       "heartbeat" - LED "double" flashes at a load average based rate
> -     "ide-disk" - LED indicates disk activity
> +     "disk-activity" - LED indicates disk activity
>       "timer" - LED flashes at a fixed, configurable rate

We should not break the binding.

Code must continue to support "ide-disk", though we can mark it
deprecated in the binding documentation, and update the in-kernel dts
files to use "disk-activity".

Thanks,
Mark.