linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/5] dt-bindings: support Ethernet devices as LED triggers

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Message-ID: <6273d900.1c69fb81.fbc61.4680@mx.google.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 May 2022 16:02:38 +0200
From:   Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/5] dt-bindings: support Ethernet devices as LED
 triggers

On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 03:55:07PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
> 
> Some LEDs are designed to represent a state of another device. That may
> be USB port, Ethernet interface, CPU, hard drive and more.
> 
> We already have support for LEDs that are designed to indicate USB port
> (e.g. light on when USB device gets connected). There is DT binding for
> that and Linux implementation in USB trigger.
> 
> This patchset adds support for describing LEDs that should react to
> Ethernet interface status. That is commonly used in routers. They often
> have LED to display state and activity of selected physical port. It's
> also common to have multiple LEDs, each reacting to a specific link
> speed.
>

I notice this is specific to ethernet speed... I wonder if we should
expand this also to other thing like duplex state or even rx/tx.

> Patch 5/5 is proof of concept and is not meant to be applied yet.
> 
> Rafał Miłecki (5):
>   dt-bindings: net: add bitfield defines for Ethernet speeds
>   dt-bindings: net: allow Ethernet devices as LED triggers
>   dt-bindings: leds: add Ethernet triggered LEDs to example
>   ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Add triggers for Luxul XWR-1200 network LEDs
>   leds: trigger: netdev: support DT "trigger-sources" property
> 
>  .../devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml      | 21 +++++++++++++++
>  .../bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml     |  3 +++
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm47081-luxul-xwr-1200.dts | 22 +++++++++++----
>  drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c         | 26 ++++++++++++++++++
>  include/dt-bindings/net/eth.h                 | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/net/eth.h
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

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