linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for Apr 29 (drivers/leds/leds-turris-omnia)

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Message-ID: <20190429181245.GA24658@amd>
Date:   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 20:12:45 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
Cc:     Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Apr 29 (drivers/leds/leds-turris-omnia)

On Mon 2019-04-29 19:51:40, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> On 29.04.19 18:53, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >>> Theoretically. But we both now that probability of that is very low,
> >>> and that likely driver would need other updates, too... right?
> >>
> >> What would be the benefit to add ARM dependency? So that distro
> >> compilations don't ship the turris_omnia driver unnecesarily?
> > 
> > That, and so that people are not asked "do you want to enable omnia
> > LEDs?" when they update their kernel on i386.
> 
> Is that controller only built-in into some SoCs, or also available
> as a separate chip ?

AFAIU.. separate chip, but runs firmware not likely to be available
outside Turris routers.

									Pavel
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