Re: [RESEND PATCH v6 2/3] leds: Add driver for the TLC5925 LED controller

[Jean-Jacques Hiblot]

On 31/07/2022 21:28, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 10:14 AM Jean-Jacques Hiblot
> <jjhiblot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The TLC5925 is a 16-channels constant-current LED sink driver.
> > It is controlled via SPI but doesn't offer a register-based interface.
> > Instead it contains a shift register and latches that convert the
> > serial input into a parallel output.
> >
> > Datasheet: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tlc5925.pdf
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sorry for my slowpokeness, but I just realized that this driver may
> not be needed. What is the difference to existing gpio-74x164?

It might work. However it might not be as practical and efficient as the 
dedicated LED driver.

I'll give a try.

JJ