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From: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Cc: Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>,
	ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com, hdegoede@redhat.com,
	chumuzero@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, cs@tuxedo.de,
	ggo@tuxedocomputers.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] platform/x86: Add Uniwill laptop driver
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:47:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250619094757.GB587864@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d645ba09-1820-4473-96bb-8550ed0b0a26@gmx.de>

On Tue, 17 Jun 2025, Armin Wolf wrote:

> Am 16.06.25 um 14:46 schrieb Werner Sembach:
> 
> > Hi, small additon
> > 
> > Am 15.06.25 um 19:59 schrieb Armin Wolf:
> > > +        functionality.
> > > +
> > > +What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/ABBC0F6F-8EA1-11D1-00A0-C90629100000[-X]/rainbow_animation
> > > +Date:        Juni 2025
> > > +KernelVersion:    6.17
> > > +Contact:    Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> > > +Description:
> > > +        Forces the integrated lightbar to display a rainbow
> > > animation when the machine
> > > +        is not suspended. Writing "enable"/"disable" into this file
> > > enables/disables
> > > +        this functionality.
> > > +
> > > +        Reading this file returns the current status of the rainbow
> > > animation functionality.
> > > +
> > > +What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/ABBC0F6F-8EA1-11D1-00A0-C90629100000[-X]/breathing_in_suspend
> > > +Date:        Juni 2025
> > > +KernelVersion:    6.17
> > > +Contact:    Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> > > +Description:
> > > +        Causes the integrated lightbar to display a breathing
> > > animation when the machine
> > > +        has been suspended and is running on AC power. Writing
> > > "enable"/"disable" into
> > > +        this file enables/disables this functionality.
> > > +
> > > +        Reading this file returns the current status of the
> > > breathing animation
> > > +        functionality.
> > 
> > maybe this would be better under the /sys/class/leds/*/ tree if possible
> 
> I CCed the LED mailing list so that they can give us advice on which location is the preferred one for new drivers.

No need to involve the LED subsystem for a hardware function controlled
by a single register value just because the interface involves an LED.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]

  reply	other threads:[~2025-06-19  9:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20250615175957.9781-1-W_Armin@gmx.de>
     [not found] ` <20250615175957.9781-3-W_Armin@gmx.de>
     [not found]   ` <41de4cd4-2a27-4b14-a1c0-e336a3cec317@tuxedocomputers.com>
2025-06-17 21:52     ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] platform/x86: Add Uniwill laptop driver Armin Wolf
2025-06-19  9:47       ` Lee Jones [this message]
2025-06-19 12:30         ` Hans de Goede
2025-06-19 15:17           ` Lee Jones
2025-06-19 20:03             ` Hans de Goede
2025-06-22 19:19               ` Armin Wolf

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