Re: [PATCH] new class for led devices

From: Vojtech Pavlik
Date: Wed Sep 22 2004 - 02:28:55 EST


On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:07:21AM +0000, John Lenz wrote:

> This is an attempt to provide an alternative to the current arm
> specific led interface that is generic for all arches and uses the "one
> value, one file" idea of sysfs.
>
> I removed the function attribute that was in the previous patch, and
> added the ability for userspace to control the timer on each led
> individually. Userspace can also set the delay in milliseconds for the
> blink.

Well, we already have an interface for setting LEDs through the input
layer, it'd be trivial to create an input device driver with just LEDs
and no buttons/keys ...

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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