linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] leds: extend disk trigger

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Message-ID: <0e1013200b07befe94b959b6c0335a05dd7d502a.camel@posteo.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:19:34 +0000
From: Markus Probst <markus.probst@...teo.de>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...nel.org>, Rob Herring
	 <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley	
 <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
 Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>, Niklas Cassel <cassel@...nel.org>,
 John Garry	 <john.g.garry@...cle.com>, Jason Yan <yanaijie@...wei.com>,
 "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>, "Martin K.
 Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, 	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, 	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] leds: extend disk trigger

On Sun, 2026-01-25 at 00:21 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > Extend the disk trigger
> > - to allow configuration of the blinking delays
> >   and whether the led should be kept on, on idle.
> > - to allow an individual led to be mapped to an ata port
> 
> I have used led trigger before, and it annoyed me than "constant disk
> activity" resulted in "constant LED blinking" instead of "LED
> constantly on". I would not mind if that was fixed.
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> 								Pavel

This patch series adds support for changing the delay_off value in
blinking.

For having "constant disk activity" => "LED constantly on" the
delay_off value has to be set to 0 ms.

Let me know if I should adjust the default of delay_off from 30 ms to 0
ms.

Thanks
- Markus Probst

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