Re: [PATCH 2/4] leds: simatic-ipc-leds: add new driver for Siemens Industial PCs

[Henning Schild]

Am Wed, 3 Mar 2021 18:40:40 +0100
schrieb Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>:

> Hi!
> 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/leds/Makefile b/drivers/leds/Makefile
> > > > index 2a698df9da57..c15e1e3c5958 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/leds/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/drivers/leds/Makefile
> > > > @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TURRIS_OMNIA)
> > > > 	+= leds-turris-omnia.o
> > > > obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_WM831X_STATUS)	+= leds-wm831x-status.o
> > > > obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_WM8350)		+= leds-wm8350.o
> > > > obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_WRAP)			+= leds-wrap.o
> > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_SIEMENS_SIMATIC_IPC)	+=
> > > > simatic-ipc-leds.o    
> > > 
> > > Let's put this into drivers/leds/simple. You'll have to create
> > > it.  
> > 
> > Can you please go into detail why? We plan to add more devices in
> > the future, which might in fact make this a little less simple. But
> > we can discuss that when the time is right and start with simple.  
> 
> There's already way too many drivers in the directory, and your driver
> is very different from drivers for camera flash (for example).

Understood, the whole Makefile Kconfig thingy?

Henning

> Best regards,
> 								Pavel