linux-kernel - Re: Linux support for a 7 segment LED display

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:30:19 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc: Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
	"linux-leds@...r.kernel.org" <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux support for a 7 segment LED display

Hi!

> > >> I'm looking for something that I figured must exists but maybe it's so
> > >> niche that no-one has bothered to upstream a driver for it.
> > >>
> > >> I have a requirement to support a 7-segment LED display[1] (one that can
> > >> display a single digit from 0-9). Hardware wise it's just a bunch of
> > >> individual GPIOs connected to each segment (plus an extra one for a
> > >> dot). I can't see anything obvious in drivers/leds but maybe I'm looking
> > >> in the wrong place. Or maybe it's the kind of thing on PC hardware that
> > >> is just driven by the BIOS without the operating system knowing about it.
> > >>
> > >> Is there an existing in-kernel driver for such a thing?
> > > Why would LEDs connected to a bunch of GPIOs in a specific fashion
> > > require a hardware driver?  Doesn't drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c already
> > > provide all the support you need?
> > Yes I could expose the individual segments as gpio-ledsbut it would be 
> > nicer if they worked in a more co-ordinated fashion so I didn't have to 
> > care about the individual segments and could just say "display 7" or 
> > "display 0".
> 
> Still not sure this sort of thing should be kernel-side.
> 
> Sounds more like the role of a library or middle-layer.

We do already have 7-segment support in auxdisplay. We should simply
use that interface. Simply create auxdisplay driver that uses gpios
and provides interface similar to what is already there.

(Of course, just using gpio library for userspace will be easier).

Best regards,
								Pavel
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