Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt: bindings: lm3697: Add bindings for lm3697 driver

[Dan Murphy]

On 08/08/2018 04:09 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2018-08-08 16:04:43, Dan Murphy wrote:
>> On 08/08/2018 04:02 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>>>>> +	- #size-cells : 0
>>>>>> +	- control-bank-cfg - : Indicates which sink is connected to which control bank
>>>>>> +		0 - All HVLED outputs are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> +		1 - HVLED1 is controlled bank B, HVLED2/3 are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> +		2 - HVLED2 is controlled bank B, HVLED1/3 are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> +		3 - HVLED1/2 are controlled by bank B, HVLED3 is controlled by bank A
>>>>>> +		4 - HVLED3 is controlled by bank B, HVLED1/2 are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> +		5 - HVLED1/3 is controlled by bank B, HVLED2 is controlled by bank A
>>>>>> +		6 - (default) HVLED1 is controlled by bank A, HVLED2/3 are controlled by bank B
>>>>>> +		7 - All HVLED outputs are controlled by bank B
>>>>>
>>>>> This is quite long way to describe a bitmask, no? Could we make
>>>>> it so that control-bank-cfg is not needed?
>>>>
>>>> The problem we have here is there is a potential to control
>>>> 3 different LED string but only 2 sinks.  So control bank A can control 2 LED strings and control
>>>> bank b can control 1 LED string.  
>>>>
>>>
>>> Can we forget about the LED strings, and just expose the sinks as
>>> Linux LED devices?
>>
>> 2 sinks 3 LED strings.  How do you know which LED string is which and what bank it belongs
>> to when setting the brightness.  Each Bank has a separate register for brightness control.
> 
> Yes, and LED strings are statically assigned to banks, right?
> 
> So why not simply forget about LED strings for sake of hw
> abstractions, and work just with banks?

How would you set the control bank register for the correct LED string configuration?

Dan

> 									Pavel
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