linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] platform/x86/tuxedo: Add virtual LampArray for TUXEDO NB04 devices

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Message-ID: <ZxdyQFMRIRusMD6S@duo.ucw.cz>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:37:04 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>,
	Werner Sembach <wse@...edocomputers.com>,
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, jelle@...aa.nl, jikos@...nel.org,
	lee@...nel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
	miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com, ojeda@...nel.org,
	onitake@...il.com, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] platform/x86/tuxedo: Add virtual LampArray for
 TUXEDO NB04 devices

Hi!

> > Personally I really like the idea to just emulate a HID LampArray device
> > for this instead or rolling our own API.  I believe there need to be
> > strong arguments to go with some alternative NIH API and I have not
> > heard such arguments yet.
> 
> Agreed on everything Hans said.
> 
> I'll personnaly fight against any new "illumination" API as long as we
> don't have committed users. This is the same policy the DRM folks
> > are

Well, and I'll personally fight against user<->kernel protocol as
crazy as HID LampArray is.

OpenRGB is not suitable hardware driver.
								Pavel
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