RE: [PATCH] Allow Marvell SATA driver to work withLEDS_TRIGGER_IDE_DISK

From: Kim, Milo
Date: Tue Jan 08 2013 - 20:29:55 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-leds-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-leds-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Cooper
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:04 AM
> To: Josh Coombs
> Cc: cooloney@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx; linux ARM; jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx;
> linux-leds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow Marvell SATA driver to work with
> LEDS_TRIGGER_IDE_DISK
>
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 02:18:04PM -0500, Josh Coombs wrote:
> > Would it make more sense to add a second trigger
> > for SATA instead?
>
> I'll leave that up to the led guys, I just wanted to raise the point
> that the driver could logically support other types of disks, and we
> should come up with a migration path instead of adding capabilities
> ad-hoc.

I agree with Jason's suggestion. One more thing to consider.

If we replace the name, 'ide-disk' or 'ide_disk' with general one,
then we should change the value of 'default_trigger' under arch directory also.
LED trigger works if the name is matched with trigger name of LED device.

Thanks,
Milo
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