linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] leds: gpio: Allow retaining state on shutdown

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 22:22:49 +0200
From:   Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     rpurdie@...ys.net, pavel@....cz, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joel@....id.au,
        openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] leds: gpio: Allow retaining state on shutdown

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the update.

On 08/28/2017 02:17 AM, Andrew Jeffery wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> LEDs controlled by Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) are sometimes
> required to retain their state across BMC resets. BMC resets may occur whilst
> the host is alive, thus the chassis and host system remain powered up. In these
> two patches I define an new devicetree property to describe the behaviour for
> GPIO LEDs and add support to the leds-gpio driver.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> * Expand BMC to Baseboard Management Controller at least once in each commit
>   message.
> 
> v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/8/25/44
> 
> Please review!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andrew
> 
> Andrew Jeffery (2):
>   dt-bindings: leds: gpio: Add optional retain-state-shutdown property
>   leds: gpio: Allow LED to retain state at shutdown
> 
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/leds-gpio.txt | 3 +++
>  drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c                             | 7 ++++++-
>  include/linux/leds.h                                 | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Patchset applied to the for-next branch of linux-leds.git, thanks.

-- 
Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski