linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] thinkpad_acpi: Add support for status (external cover) LED

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Date:   Sun, 7 May 2017 20:49:03 -0300
From:   Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Adam Goode <agoode@...gle.com>,
        Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <ibm-acpi@....eng.br>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] thinkpad_acpi: Add support for status (external
 cover) LED

On Sun, 07 May 2017, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Thu 2017-01-19 12:21:32, Adam Goode wrote:
> > This allows the control of the red status LED, which is the dot of the "i"
> > in the word "ThinkPad" on the outside cover of newer models.
> > 
> > In the manual, both this LED and the power LED are referred to as
> > the "system-status indicators" without distinction between the two, so
> > I chose "status" as the LED name.
> 
> Could we name it something like external_status or something? "status" is way too generic.

"thinkdot" ;-)

-- 
  Henrique Holschuh