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

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Aug 04 2022 - 17:04:19 EST


On Thu 2022-08-04 22:23:00, Jean-Jacques Hiblot wrote:
> 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.

It is certainly preffered solution. If you decide to re-submit the
driver anyway, please mention that we already have GPIO driver for
compatible chip, and explain why this is superior.

Thanks,
Pavel

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