Re: [PATCH 03/24] leds: dt-bindings: Add LED_FUNCTION definitions

From: Jacek Anaszewski
Date: Sun Nov 11 2018 - 16:17:01 EST


On 11/11/2018 09:20 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_BACKLIGHT "backlight"
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_BACKLIGHT_CLUSTER "backlight_cluster"
>>>
>>> Sounds like one of backlight and backlight_cluster should be deprecated?
>>
>> I think so.
>
> Agreed.
>
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_DEBUG "debug"
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_DIA "dia"
>>>
>>> What does this one do?
>>
>> I'd opt for something like "diagnostics", but this is a blind shot.
>> Let's remove it then and, and let people add more meaningful
>> definition in case it is needed.
>>
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_DISK "disk"
>>>
>>> We have disk, hd, hdd and sata. Deprecate some?
>>
>> Disk should be the best choice, especially given that we have
>> identically named trigger.
>
> Ok.
>
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_HD "hd"
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_HDD "hdd"
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_HDDERR "hdderr"
>>>
>>> Ok, I'll
>>
>> Hmm?
>
> I was going to say that I'll bring it up in different email.
>
> I believe we should have disk:green:activity and disk:red:error, not
> "green:hdd" and "red:hdderr".

How would you propose to name the section corresponding to "disk",
if "function" is occupied by "activity"? Should it deserve a separate
DT property?

>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_HEALTH "health"
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_HEARTBEAT "heartbeat"
>>>
>>> Sounds same as alive, deprecate alive?
>>
>> Heartbeat may be designated specifically for registration
>> for events from the trigger with the same name.
>
> Ok. What is "alive" then?

Tells whether something is active or not?
In this case it seems to overlap with "pwr" probably.

>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_WIFI "wifi"
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_WIRELESS "wireless"
>>>> +#define LED_FUNCTION_WLAN "wlan"
>>>
>>> Same as wifi and wireless, I guess, deprecate some?
>>
>> I'd remove "wireless" and "wlan".
>
> Actually I'd keep wlan, but... :-).

It may depend of the regional preferences.

> We may want to do add some comments there, and sort it "most
> common/recommended first" or something.
>
> Best regards (and thanks for doing the work),

I'm doing it also for myself to avoid extra lines for
explaining the LED naming quirks every time a new driver
is submitted :-)

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Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski