From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Murphy Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt: bindings: lm3697: Add bindings for lm3697 driver Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 16:04:43 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20180807160442.8937-1-dmurphy@ti.com> <20180808195903.GB20912@amd> <20180808210215.GA15831@amd> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20180808210215.GA15831@amd> Content-Language: en-US Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, jacek.anaszewski@gmail.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 08/08/2018 04:02 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > >>>> + - #size-cells : 0 >>>> + - control-bank-cfg - : Indicates which sink is connected to which control bank >>>> + 0 - All HVLED outputs are controlled by bank A >>>> + 1 - HVLED1 is controlled bank B, HVLED2/3 are controlled by bank A >>>> + 2 - HVLED2 is controlled bank B, HVLED1/3 are controlled by bank A >>>> + 3 - HVLED1/2 are controlled by bank B, HVLED3 is controlled by bank A >>>> + 4 - HVLED3 is controlled by bank B, HVLED1/2 are controlled by bank A >>>> + 5 - HVLED1/3 is controlled by bank B, HVLED2 is controlled by bank A >>>> + 6 - (default) HVLED1 is controlled by bank A, HVLED2/3 are controlled by bank B >>>> + 7 - All HVLED outputs are controlled by bank B >>> >>> This is quite long way to describe a bitmask, no? Could we make >>> it so that control-bank-cfg is not needed? >> >> The problem we have here is there is a potential to control >> 3 different LED string but only 2 sinks. So control bank A can control 2 LED strings and control >> bank b can control 1 LED string. >> > > Can we forget about the LED strings, and just expose the sinks as > Linux LED devices? 2 sinks 3 LED strings. How do you know which LED string is which and what bank it belongs to when setting the brightness. Each Bank has a separate register for brightness control. Dan > Pavel > -- ------------------ Dan Murphy