linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] PCIe Enclosure LED Management

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Message-ID: <20240821140258.GA6858@google.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:02:58 +0100
From: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc: Mariusz Tkaczyk <mariusz.tkaczyk@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Stuart Hayes <stuart.w.hayes@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] PCIe Enclosure LED Management

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> [+cc Lee, linux-leds for comment on using the LED subsystem as
> described in patch 2/3; would be nice to have a reviewed-by or ack for
> this.  Thread at
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240814122900.13525-4-mariusz.tkaczyk@linux.intel.com]

I usually say things like "if you want to act as an X-device, author an
X-driver and put it in X-subsystem".  However it looks like the LED
class is already heavily abused in similar ways as this, so there's not
a great deal I can say about it.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]