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From: j.anaszewski@samsung•com (Jacek Anaszewski)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/3] Add DT support for netxbig LEDs
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:25:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55FFCCFB.5030400@samsung.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150918132356.GO7306@kw.sim.vm.gnt>

On 09/18/2015 03:23 PM, Simon Guinot wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 11:15:45AM +0200, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> On 09/17/2015 05:59 PM, Simon Guinot wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> This patch series adds DT support for the LEDs found on the Kirkwood-based
>>> LaCie boards 2Big and 5Big Network v2.
>>>
>>> Changes for v2:
>>> - Check timer mode value retrieved from DT.
>>> - In netxbig_leds_get_of_pdata, don't use unsigned long variables to get
>>>    timer delay values from DT with function of_property_read_u32_index.
>>>    Instead, use a temporary u32 variable. This allows to silence a static
>>>    checker warning.
>>> - Make timer property optional in the binding documentation. It is now
>>>    aligned with the driver code.
>>>
>>> Changes for v3:
>>> - Fix pointer usage with the temporary u32 variable while calling
>>>    of_property_read_u32_index.
>>>
>>> Changes for v4:
>>> - In DT binding document netxbig-gpio-ext.txt, detail byte order for
>>>    registers and latch mechanism for "enable-gpio".
>>> - In leds-netxbig.c, add some error messages.
>>> - In leds-netxbig.c, fix some "sizeof" style issues.
>>> - In leds-netxbig.c, in netxbig_leds_get_of_pdata(), move the
>>>    of_property_read_string() calls after the error-prone checks.
>>> - Add some Acked-by.
>>>
>>> Jacek,
>>>
>>> I did not convert the bright-max DT property into led-max-microamp.
>>> The reason is that I can't translate the bright-max values into
>>> microamperes.
>>
>> Doesn't specification of your device say what current value given
>> brightness level reflects?
>
> I double-checked and I can confirm that I don't have the current values
> for the LEDs. Although this feature is nice to have, it has not been
> used by the LaCie stock firmware. LEDs are only enabled at their maximum
> level. I believe it is the reason why it has not been specified...

OK, so we have to use levels. Could you rename bright-max to
max-brightness? We have already this in leds-pwm bindings and
probably we should make it a common optional DT property for all LEDs.
I'll add this to my TODO list.

-- 
Best Regards,
Jacek Anaszewski

      reply	other threads:[~2015-09-21  9:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-17 15:59 [PATCH v4 0/3] Add DT support for netxbig LEDs Simon Guinot
2015-09-17 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] leds: netxbig: add device tree binding Simon Guinot
2015-09-18  9:16   ` Jacek Anaszewski
2015-09-18 10:30     ` Simon Guinot
2015-09-18 10:49       ` Jacek Anaszewski
2015-09-18 13:10         ` Simon Guinot
2015-09-21  9:10           ` Jacek Anaszewski
2015-09-21 15:38   ` Rob Herring
2015-09-22  9:30     ` Simon Guinot
2015-09-28  7:58       ` Jacek Anaszewski
2015-10-05  8:15         ` Simon Guinot
2015-09-17 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] ARM: Kirkwood: add LED DT entries for netxbig boards Simon Guinot
2015-09-17 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] ARM: mvebu: remove static LED setup " Simon Guinot
2015-09-18  9:15 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Add DT support for netxbig LEDs Jacek Anaszewski
2015-09-18 13:23   ` Simon Guinot
2015-09-21  9:25     ` Jacek Anaszewski [this message]

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