Re: disabling CONFIG_LED_CLASS (SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK)

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Oct 14 2020 - 03:59:02 EST


Hi!

> > > >>> I.e.: it looks like I will lose some funcionality when I disable
> > > >>> SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK.
> > > >>
> > > >> OK. At present you can't have it both ways, i.e., SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK
> > > >> with no LEDS. That driver apparently wants LEDS.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks but why have I gone for years without LEDS?
> > > > I do not need LEDS, I do not want LEDS, I do not have LEDS (that are
> > > > visible, usable, etc).
> > > >
> > > > Please make this selectable instead of forcing more bulk into my kernel.
> > >
> > > Hi Takashi,
> > >
> > > Regarding
> > > commit 7cdf8c49b1df0a385db06c4f9a5ba1b16510fdcc
> > > Author: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Thu Jun 18 13:08:31 2020 +0200
> > > ALSA: hda: generic: Add a helper for mic-mute LED with LED classdev
> > >
> > > and this Kconfig entry:
> > >
> > > config SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK
> > > tristate "Build Realtek HD-audio codec support"
> > > select SND_HDA_GENERIC
> > > select SND_HDA_GENERIC_LEDS
> > >
> > > it seems that LED support is not always wanted (please see above).
> > > I.e., user(s) would like to build a kernel without LED support at all.
> > >
> > > Can you make it a build option?
> >
> > Something like this?
>
> This one is more suitable for the merge :)

That will still break the build if SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=y and
SND_HDA_GENERIC_LEDS=m, no?

Lets keep things as they are.

Contrary to his claims, Udo very probably has LEDs in his systems...


Pavel
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