linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.5 30/36] arm64: dts: qcom: sc8280xp-x13s: Add camera activity LED

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Message-ID: <ZQk8aJx268Soy4yH@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:15:04 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, agross@...nel.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
        conor+dt@...nel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.5 30/36] arm64: dts: qcom: sc8280xp-x13s: Add
 camera activity LED

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 05:41:38PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 08:33:02AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> >On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 03:28:41PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> >> From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
> >>
> >> [ Upstream commit 1c63dd1c5fdafa8854526d7d60d2b741c813678d ]
> >>
> >> Disappointigly, the camera activity LED is implemented in software.
> >> Hook it up as a gpio-led and (until we have camera *and* a "camera on"
> >> LED trigger) configure it as a panic indicator.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
> >> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230805-topic-x13s_cam_led-v1-1-443d752158c4@linaro.org
> >> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> >
> >This is a new feature if anything, not a fix. Please drop from all
> >autosel queues.
> 
> Not a feature, but hardware enablement.

Call it what you will, but please drop it. Otherwise by that logic you'd
need to backport all devicetree patches (as well as most driver changes)
since they ultimately aim at enabling hardware.

Johan