linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: wiimote: Initialize the controller LEDs with a device ID value

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Message-ID: <CADyDSO7HKNP8ihsW2-qouG5SYpOJ1LfD2sAbDfRkJ3iSkHvGNg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:09:46 +0200
From:   David Rheinsberg <david.rheinsberg@...il.com>
To:     David Korth <gerbilsoft@...bilsoft.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        "open list:HID CORE LAYER" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: wiimote: Initialize the controller LEDs with a
 device ID value

Hi

On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 00:09, David Korth <gerbilsoft@...bilsoft.com> wrote:
> I've been manually setting the player IDs on Wii controllers when running
> multiplayer games by writing to the /sys/class/leds/ directory. Having the
> hid-wiimote driver do this itself significantly reduces setup time.

What do you mean with "reduces setup time significantly"? Why would it
take that long to set the LEDs?

Thanks
David