Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] leds: simatic-ipc-leds: add new driver for Siemens Industial PCs

From: Henning Schild
Date: Sat Mar 27 2021 - 05:52:36 EST


Am Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:38:53 +0100
schrieb "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@xxxxxxxxx>:

> On 15.03.21 12:19, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > But I still don't like the naming. simantic-ipc: prefix is
> > useless. Having 6 status leds is not good, either.
>
> Do we have some standard naming policy those kinds of LEDs ?

There is include/dt-bindings/leds/common.h with LED_FUNCTION_*

> In this case, they seem to be assigned to certain specific functions
> (by physical labels on the box), so IMHO the LED names should reflect
> that in some ways.

The choice for "status" was because of

>> /* Miscelleaus functions. Use functions above if you can. */

And those known names do not really come with an explanation of their
meaning. Names like "bluetooth" seem obvious, but "activity" or
"indicator" leave a lot of room for speculation.

The choice in numbers was inspired by labels on the box, which i wanted
to reflect in some way.

Henning

> There're other cases (eg. apu board familiy) that just have several
> front panel leds w/o any dedication, so we can just count them up.
>
>
> --mtx
>