Re: [PATCH] net: usb: smsc95xx: configure external LEDs function for EVB-LAN8670-USB

[Parthiban.Veerasooran]

Hi Andrew,

On 23/05/24 6:13 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 08:51:54AM +0000, Parthiban.Veerasooran@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> On 22/05/24 10:14 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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>>> On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 07:38:17PM +0530, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
>>>> By default, LAN9500A configures the external LEDs to the below function.
>>>> nSPD_LED -> Speed Indicator
>>>> nLNKA_LED -> Link and Activity Indicator
>>>> nFDX_LED -> Full Duplex Link Indicator
>>>>
>>>> But, EVB-LAN8670-USB uses the below external LEDs function which can be
>>>> enabled by writing 1 to the LED Select (LED_SEL) bit in the LAN9500A.
>>>> nSPD_LED -> Speed Indicator
>>>> nLNKA_LED -> Link Indicator
>>>> nFDX_LED -> Activity Indicator
>>>
>>> What else can the LEDs indicate?
>> There is no other indications.
> 
> O.K. So it is probably not worth going the direction of using the
> netde LED infrastructure to allow the use to configure the LED.
> 
>>>> +     /* Set LED Select (LED_SEL) bit for the external LED pins functionality
>>>> +      * in the Microchip's EVB-LAN8670-USB 10BASE-T1S Ethernet device which
>>>
>>> Is this a function of the USB dongle? Or a function of the PHY?
>> It is the function of USB dongle.
> 
> So an OEM designing a dongle could make the LEDs do different things?
Yes.
> 
> You are solving the problem only for your reference design, and OEMs
> are going to have to solve the same problem for their own design?
> 
> This is why i'm asking is it a function of the PHY or the board. If it
> is the PHY, we could have one generic solution for everybody using
> that PHY.
OK, it is a function of the board not PHY and also that depends on the 
board design based on the requirement I guess.

Best regards,
Parthiban V
> 
>          Andrew