Re: [RFC PATCH v4 1/8] leds: add support for hardware driven LEDs

[Randy Dunlap]

On 11/10/21 5:34 PM, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst b/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst
> index cd155ead8703..0175954717a3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst
> @@ -169,6 +169,38 @@ Setting the brightness to zero with brightness_set() callback function
>   should completely turn off the LED and cancel the previously programmed
>   hardware blinking function, if any.
>   
> +Hardware driven LEDs
> +===================================
> +
> +Some LEDs can be driven by hardware (for example a LED connected to

                                                    an LED

> +an ethernet PHY or an ethernet switch can be configured to blink on activity on
> +the network, which in software is done by the netdev trigger).
> +
> +To do such offloading, LED driver must support this and a supported trigger must
> +be used.
> +
> +LED driver should declare the correct control mode supported and should set
> +the LED_SOFTWARE_CONTROLLED or LED_HARDWARE_CONTROLLED bit in the flags
> +parameter.
> +The trigger will check these bit and fail to activate if the control mode

                                bits

> +is not supported. By default if a LED driver doesn't declare a control mode,
> +bit LED_SOFTWARE_CONTROLLED is assumed and set by default.

drop the second:                                  by default

> +
> +The LED must implement 3 main API:

                                 APIs:

> +- hw_control_status(): This asks the LED driver if hardware mode is enabled
> +    or not.
> +- hw_control_start(): This will simply enable the hardware mode for the LED
> +    and the LED driver should reset any active blink_mode.
> +- hw_control_stop(): This will simply disable the hardware mode for the LED.
> +    It's advised to the driver to put the LED in the old state but this is not
> +    enforcerd and putting the LED off is also accepted.

       enforced

> +
> +If LED_HARDWARE_CONTROLLED bit is the only contro mode set (LED_SOFTWARE_CONTROLLED

                                              control

> +not set) set hw_control_status/start/stop is optional as the LED supports only
> +hardware mode and any software only trigger will reject activation.
> +
> +On init a LED driver that support a hardware mode should reset every blink mode

           an LED

> +set by default.
>   
>   Known Issues
>   ============
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/Kconfig b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
> index ed800f5da7d8..bd2b19cc77ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
> @@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ config LEDS_BRIGHTNESS_HW_CHANGED
>   
>   	  See Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led for details.
>   
> +config LEDS_HARDWARE_CONTROL
> +	bool "LED Hardware Control support"
> +	help
> +	  This option enabled Hardware control support used by leds that

	              enables                                  LEDs

> +	  can be driven in hardware by using supported triggers.
> +
> +	  Hardware blink modes will be exposed by sysfs class in
> +	  /sys/class/leds based on the trigger currently active.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say Y.


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~Randy