Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add LED mode behavior/select properties and handle

[Alexander Wilhelm <alexander.wilhelm@westermo.com>]

Am Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 09:49:03AM +0100 schrieb Marek Behún:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 09:19:59AM +0100, Alexander Wilhelm wrote:
> > Am Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:41:19PM +0100 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > > In KSZ9131 PHY it is possible to control LEDs blink behavior via
> > > > LED mode behavior and select registers. Add DTS properties plus handles
> > > > of them inside micrel PHY driver.
> > > > 
> > > > I've some concerns about passing raw register values into LED mode
> > > > select and behavior. It can be passed via array like in microchip
> > > > driver(Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/microchip,lan78xx.txt).
> > > > There is the problem in this particular driver - there is a lot of other PHYs
> > > > and led mode behavior/select states may intersect, that's the reason why
> > > > I did it this way. Is there any good ways to make it look more
> > > > properly?
> > > 
> > > Lets... not do this?
> > > 
> > > We have a LED subsystem which should probably control the LEDs... so
> > > user can specify behaviours at run-time, instead of them being
> > > hard-coded in the device tree.
> > > 
> > > Plus, LED subsystem will use same interface for networks LEDs as for
> > > ... other LEDs.
> > 
> > Hi Pavel,
> > 
> > I would also like to control the LEDs via subsystem interface, but how I can
> > configure those to be visible in 'sys/class/leds'? My LEDs are connected
> > directly to KSZ9131RNX phy device and not to any of GPIO available on the CPU.
> > Am I missing some DTS entries therefore?
> 
> The KSZ9131RNX driver needs to implement some LED methods, like
> .led_brightness_set(), .led_blink_set(), .led_hw_is_supported(),
> .led_hw_control_set(), .led_hw_control_get().
> 
> Look for example at marvell.c driver, or broadcom.c.
> 
> Regarding DTS, look at linux/arch/arm/boot/dts/marvell/armada-370-rd.dts.
> The ethernet-phy@0 node has leds subnode, describing the LEDs.
> 
> Marek

Hi Marek,

thank you a lot. I think I got the main idea how the LED interface intended to
work. The current linux master does not implement those callbacks for the micrel
phy. I will look into implementing these functions if I am given enough time to
do so.


Best regards
Alexander Wilhelm