[PATCH v4 1/1] leds: st1202: Add hardware-accelerated blink support

From: Manuel Fombuena

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 07:03:22 EST


Implement blink_set() to enable hardware-accelerated blinking via the
timer trigger. The LED1202 pattern engine is used to produce a two-step
sequence: full brightness for delay_on, off for delay_off, repeating
indefinitely.

Requested delays are clamped to the hardware range [22ms, 5610ms] then
rounded up to the nearest 22ms step. Clamping before rounding prevents
integer overflow in roundup() for extreme input values. ST1202_MILLIS_
PATTERN_DUR_MAX is an exact multiple of ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MIN,
so rounding cannot push the result beyond the maximum. A zero delay is
replaced with the default of 500ms independently for each of delay_on
and delay_off.

The LED1202 pattern sequencer is global and its timing registers are
shared across all channels, so only one blink configuration can be
active at a time. Other active channels have their PWM slots zeroed for
both pattern steps so they remain dark rather than outputting unintended
values when the sequencer runs. The target channel's ILED register is
set to full brightness and the channel is enabled, since the timer
trigger deactivates the current trigger before calling blink_set which
would otherwise leave the channel disabled.

Signed-off-by: Manuel Fombuena <fombuena@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 82 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c b/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c
index 168df5ecf27b..4e0128c7c94d 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/string.h>

+#define ST1202_BLINK_DEFAULT_DELAY 500
#define ST1202_CHAN_DISABLE_ALL 0x00
#define ST1202_CHAN_ENABLE_HIGH 0x03
#define ST1202_CHAN_ENABLE_LOW 0x02
@@ -275,6 +276,86 @@ static int st1202_led_pattern_set(struct led_classdev *ldev,
return 0;
}

+static int st1202_blink_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
+ unsigned long *delay_on, unsigned long *delay_off)
+{
+ struct st1202_led *led = cdev_to_st1202_led(led_cdev);
+ struct st1202_chip *chip = led->chip;
+ unsigned long on, off;
+ int ret;
+
+ on = *delay_on ?: ST1202_BLINK_DEFAULT_DELAY;
+ off = *delay_off ?: ST1202_BLINK_DEFAULT_DELAY;
+
+ on = clamp_val(on, ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MIN, ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MAX);
+ off = clamp_val(off, ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MIN, ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MAX);
+ on = roundup(on, ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MIN);
+ off = roundup(off, ST1202_MILLIS_PATTERN_DUR_MIN);
+
+ guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);
+
+ ret = st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_CONFIG_REG, ST1202_CONFIG_REG_SHFT);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* Zero out PWM for all other active channels to prevent them from blinking */
+ for (int i = 0; i < ST1202_MAX_LEDS; i++) {
+ if (!chip->leds[i].is_active || i == led->led_num)
+ continue;
+ ret = st1202_pwm_pattern_write(chip, i, 0, LED_OFF);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ ret = st1202_pwm_pattern_write(chip, i, 1, LED_OFF);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ ret = st1202_pwm_pattern_write(chip, led->led_num, 0, ST1202_PATTERN_PWM_FULL);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ ret = st1202_pwm_pattern_write(chip, led->led_num, 1, LED_OFF);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_PATTERN_DUR,
+ st1202_prescalar_to_miliseconds(on));
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ ret = st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_PATTERN_DUR + 1,
+ st1202_prescalar_to_miliseconds(off));
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ for (int patt = 2; patt < ST1202_MAX_PATTERNS; patt++) {
+ ret = st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_PATTERN_DUR + patt, 0);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ ret = st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_PATTERN_REP, U8_MAX);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_ILED_REG0 + led->led_num, U8_MAX);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = __st1202_channel_set(chip, led->led_num, true);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_CONFIG_REG,
+ ST1202_CONFIG_REG_PATSR | ST1202_CONFIG_REG_PATS |
+ ST1202_CONFIG_REG_SHFT);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ *delay_on = on;
+ *delay_off = off;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int st1202_dt_init(struct st1202_chip *chip)
{
struct device *dev = &chip->client->dev;
@@ -301,6 +382,7 @@ static int st1202_dt_init(struct st1202_chip *chip)
led->led_cdev.pattern_set = st1202_led_pattern_set;
led->led_cdev.pattern_clear = st1202_led_pattern_clear;
led->led_cdev.default_trigger = "pattern";
+ led->led_cdev.blink_set = st1202_blink_set;
led->led_cdev.brightness_set = st1202_brightness_set;
led->led_cdev.brightness_get = st1202_brightness_get;
}
--
2.55.0