Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: leds: Document "rc-feedback" trigger

[Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 09 Oct 2024, Heiko Stübner wrote:

> Hi Lee,
> 
> Am Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2024, 16:48:36 CEST schrieb Lee Jones:
> > On Mon, 07 Oct 2024, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> > 
> > > Document the "rc-feedback" trigger which is used to control LEDs by
> > > remote control device activity. This is an existing trigger used in
> > > existing DTs, document it so validation of those DTs would pass.
> > > 
> > > It was originally introduced into the Linux kernel in 2013 with
> > > commit 153a60bb0fac ("[media] rc: add feedback led trigger for rc keypresses")
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
> > > ---
> > > changes in v2:
> > > - put the entry in the correct position and comment above it (Pavel)
> > > 
> > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml | 2 ++
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > > index bf9a101e4d42..9cd89f30fa7c 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.yaml
> > > @@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ properties:
> > >              # No trigger assigned to the LED. This is the default mode
> > >              # if trigger is absent
> > >            - none
> > > +            # LED indicates remote control feedback
> > > +          - rc-feedback
> > 
> > Is 'rc' a recognised and well known abbreviation for remote control?
> > 
> > How about we people some (look-up) time and say:
> > 
> >   - remote-control-feedback
> 
> The issue being that this exact trigger rc-feedback is in the kernel for
> 11 years already - see the commit link in the description, and used in
> a number of boards in the wild since then.
> 
> So the naming-ship has sailed for a while now, and this change
> "simply" documents the status quo. And judging from Rob's Ack
> it looks like he's okay with the naming too.

This is why it's important for people to document things when they're
introduced. :(

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]