Re: [PATCH v8 11/13] dt-bindings: leds: Document netdev trigger

From: Christian Marangi
Date: Fri Feb 17 2023 - 18:06:01 EST


On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 05:03:46PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 02:32:28AM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > Document the netdev trigger that makes the LED blink or turn on based on
> > switch/phy events or an attached network interface.
>
> NAK. What is netdev?

But netdev is a trigger, nothing new. Actually it was never documented.
Is the linux,default-trigger getting deprecated?

>
> Don't add new linux,default-trigger entries either. We have better ways
> to define trigger sources, namely 'trigger-sources'.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > index d34bb58c0037..6e016415a4d8 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ properties:
> > # LED alters the brightness for the specified duration with one software
> > # timer (requires "led-pattern" property)
> > - pattern
> > + # LED blink and turns on based on netdev events
> > + - netdev
> > - pattern: "^cpu[0-9]*$"
> > - pattern: "^hci[0-9]+-power$"
> > # LED is triggered by Bluetooth activity
> > --
> > 2.38.1
> >

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