Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] ARM: dts: marvell: Indicate USB activity on x530

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 11:48 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 7:24 PM Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 02:42:03PM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
> > > Use the dot on the 7-segment LED block to indicate USB access on the
> > > x530.
> >
> > As I said, I'm not going to apply this even with Acks.
>
> I guess you should not apply any of the dts patches to the
> auxdisplay tree anyway?

I think it depends. If we got maintainers' Acks, etc, why not? If DT
maintainers think otherwise, then no, we shouldn't.

> > The problem here as I see it is the future decision on how DP should
> > behave like.  If you put this into DT, we will to support this to the end
> > of the platform.
>
> As there exist 7-seg displays (and wirings) with and without DP,
> the 7-seg driver and DT bindings should handle both cases.  How to
> wire/use the DP LED is up to the hardware designer / DTS writer.

Right. But my personal statistics for now is: 100% has DP (out of
about a dozen of different chip + LED combinations). What's yours?

> I agree it's a thin boundary between hardware description and software
> policy, though.  Is that your main concern?

I believe so. Because if we mark DP for use for something else, it
makes it much harder to re-use it as dot/comma later on.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko