netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: leds: Document "netdev" trigger

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Message-ID: <3c8bf807-8a8e-4704-a90a-d77ad3293b57@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:37:17 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: leds: Document "netdev" trigger

> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > index 8a3c2398b10ce..bf9a101e4d420 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > @@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ properties:
> >              # LED indicates NAND memory activity (deprecated),
> >              # in new implementations use "mtd"
> >            - nand-disk
> > +            # LED indicates network activity
> > +          - netdev
> 
> netdev is the description of the network development ML/repo, right?
> 
> Seems like an odd name for an OS agnostic property?

I agree that one meaning is the network development community within
Linux.

But it also means a network device, which is OS agnostic. I don't
really see it be any different to a memory technology device, mtd.

	Andrew