linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 01/13] leds: add APIs for LEDs hw control

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Message-ID: <ceaaf92b-a8f7-4760-a2ff-6fc5775cec07@lunn.ch>
Date:   Mon, 29 May 2023 17:31:32 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 01/13] leds: add APIs for LEDs hw control

On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 01:28:42PM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Add an option to permit LED driver to declare support for a specific
> trigger to use hw control and setup the LED to blink based on specific
> provided modes.
> 
> Add APIs for LEDs hw control. These functions will be used to activate
> hardware control where a LED will use the provided flags, from an
> unique defined supported trigger, to setup the LED to be driven by
> hardware.
> 
> Add hw_control_is_supported() to ask the LED driver if the requested
> mode by the trigger are supported and the LED can be setup to follow
> the requested modes.
> 
> Deactivate hardware blink control by setting brightness to LED_OFF via
> the brightness_set() callback.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew