Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] leds: st1202: Add hardware-accelerated blink support
From: Lee Jones
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 10:21:57 EST
On Tue, 04 Aug 2026, Manuel Fombuena wrote:
> Implement blink_set() to enable hardware-accelerated blinking via the
> timer trigger. The LED1202 pattern engine is used to produce a two-step
> sequence: full brightness for delay_on, off for delay_off, repeating
> indefinitely.
>
> Requested delays are clamped to the hardware range [22ms, 5610ms] then
> rounded up to the nearest 22ms step. Clamping before rounding prevents
> integer overflow in roundup() for extreme input values; since
> ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MAX is an exact multiple of
> ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MIN, rounding a clamped value cannot exceed
> the maximum. A zero delay is replaced with the default of 500ms
> independently for each of delay_on and delay_off.
>
> The LED1202 pattern sequencer is global and its timing registers are
> shared across all channels, so only one blink configuration can be
> active at a time. Other active channels have their PWM slots zeroed for
> both pattern steps so they remain dark rather than outputting unintended
> values when the sequencer runs. The target channel's ILED register is
> set to full brightness and the channel is enabled, since the timer
> trigger deactivates the current trigger before calling blink_set which
> would otherwise leave the channel disabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Fombuena <fombuena@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+)
Sorry, I've just reviewed v3.
I think the points are still valid though.
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Lee Jones