netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: net: dsa: microchip: add microchip,single-led-mode flag

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Message-ID: <6871816c-2732-4c5f-9f10-1f9773d5f23d@lunn.ch>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:59:34 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Heinrich Toews <ht@...-software.de>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com, olteanv@...il.com,
	robh+dt@...nel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: net: dsa: microchip: add
 microchip,single-led-mode flag

On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 02:38:31PM +0100, Heinrich Toews wrote:
> Enable single LED mode globally for all non-CPU ports to indicate
> link and activity via a single LED per port.

Are there other blinking modes? If the LED is capable of more, you
should be using /sys/class/leds and the netdev trigger. If the only
thing it can indicate is link and activity, this approach is O.K.

> +  microchip,single-led-mode:
> +    type: boolean
> +    description:
> +      Enable single LED mode for all non-CPU ports. In this mode, a single LED
> +      indicates both link and activity.

Is there a dual LED mode? Triple LED mode? What happens if this
property is not found?

	Andrew