linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] leds: simatic-ipc-leds: add new driver for Siemens Industial PCs

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Date:   Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:41:05 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Henning Schild <henning.schild@...mens.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        Srikanth Krishnakar <skrishnakar@...il.com>,
        Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
        Gerd Haeussler <gerd.haeussler.ext@...mens.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] leds: simatic-ipc-leds: add new driver for Siemens
 Industial PCs

Hi!

> Maybe you explain the idea behind choosing only from that namespace? My
> guess would be high-level software being able to toggle leds totally
> indep of the device it runs on. Such software would have to do some
> really nasty directory listing, name parsing, dealing with multiple
> hits. Does such generic software already exist, maybe that would help
> me understand my "mapping problems" ?

It does not, but we want to have one... or at least not have current situation.

> The current class encodes, color, function and name into "name".
> 
> Maybe i am all wrong and should go for
> 
> {1 << 14, "simatic-ipc-error:red:" LED_FUNCTION_STATUS }
> {1 << 15, "simatic-ipc-run-stop:green:" LED_FUNCTION_STATUS}
> {...    , "simatic-ipc-hdd0:red:" LED_FUNCTION_DISK }
> {...    , "simatic-ipc-hdd1:red:" LED_FUNCTION_DISK }

Can you explain in plain english what the leds should do?

We don't want to have simatic-ipc- prefix there. tpacpi was really bad
example.

Best regards,
								Pavel

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