linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] leds: Add driver for the TLC5925 LED controller

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:05:55 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] leds: Add driver for the TLC5925 LED controller

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 10:49 AM Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
>
> On Thu 2022-06-09 18:57:24, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 6:30 PM Jean-Jacques Hiblot
> > <jjhiblot@...phandler.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The TLC5925 is a 16-channels constant-current LED sink driver.
> > > It is controlled via SPI but doesn't offer a register-based interface.
> > > Instead it contains a shift register and latches that convert the
> > > serial input into a parallel output.
> >
> > Can you add Datasheet: tag here with the corresponding URL? Rationale
> > is to get a link to the datasheet by just browsing Git log without
> > browsing the source code, which will benefit via Web UIs.
>
> If you want to add datasheet url, add it as a comment to the source,
> not to the git log.

I don't see anything wrong with having it in the Git log. Do you?
(Note, I'm not objecting to have it in the code at the same time)

P.S. Can you review the three patches of the series [1] that have been
submitted day 1 after closing the merge window? It's already a few
weeks passed, or even months if you take into account that the top of
that series has been sent before separately.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-leds/20220606164138.66535-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com/

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko