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Message-ID: <20251020-retorted-obsession-21780c6baf47@thorsis.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:40:23 +0200
From: Alexander Dahl <ada@...rsis.com>
To: Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>
Cc: Jonathan Brophy <professorjonny98@...il.com>,
	lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Brophy <professor_jonny@...mail.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Radoslav Tsvetkov <rtsvetkov@...dotech.eu>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] leds: Add a virtual LED driver for groups of

Hei Jacek,

Am Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 04:24:38PM +0200 schrieb Jacek Anaszewski:
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> On 10/19/25 11:23, Jonathan Brophy wrote:
> > From: Jonathan Brophy <professor_jonny@...mail.com>
> > 
> > Introduce a new driver that implements virtual LED groups,
> > aggregating multiple monochromatic LEDs into virtual groups and providing
> > priority-based control for concurrent state management.
> 
> Aren't you trying to reinvent LED trigger mechanism?

Instead of using virtual LEDs, could this be implemented as a
"virtual" trigger which allows grouping (and prioritizing) multiple
other triggers, and apply that to only one existing LED?

Greets
Alex