From: Paul Kocialkowski <paulk@sys-base.io>
To: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
Cc: u-boot@lists.denx.de, Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>,
Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>,
linux-sunxi@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] sunxi: spl: fix SPL_SUNXI_LED active low configuration
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:07:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afICrnsK3Frmp7Hp@shepard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260429092828.3076719-2-andre.przywara@arm.com>
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Hi Andre,
On Wed 29 Apr 26, 11:28, Andre Przywara wrote:
> The newly introduced Allwinner SPL LED "framework" defined a
> SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_STATE Kconfig symbol, that was supposed to denote
> the active-low vs. active-high polarity of the LED. However this is
> a bool symbol, so it will simply vanish if not defined, and we cannot use
> it directly inside a C statement.
>
> Filter the symbol through the IS_ENABLED() macro, which will return 0 if
> the symbol is not defined, which is the intended value here.
>
> Since the STATUS_STATE name is a bit confusing, rename it to ACTIVE_HIGH
> on the way, because that is its real meaning. Also the LED_STATUS_BIT
> name for the GPIO number is similarly a remnant of the old status LED
> code, so rename it to LED_STATUS_GPIO as well.
>
> This fixes configuring LEDs with active-low polarity.
>
> Fixes: 256557dd9aae ("sunxi: remove usage of legacy LED API")
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
Thanks for your work!
Reviewed-by: Paul Kocialkowski <paulk@sys-base.io>
All the best,
Paul
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig | 10 ++++++----
> board/sunxi/board.c | 4 ++--
> configs/pinephone_defconfig | 3 +--
> 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
> index 89f0e77bcdb..07d7ea2b7ad 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
> @@ -1245,15 +1245,17 @@ config SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS
>
> if SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS
>
> -config SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_BIT
> +config SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_GPIO
> int "GPIO number for GPIO status LED"
> help
> GPIO number for the GPIO controlling the GPIO status LED in SPL.
>
> -config SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_STATE
> - bool "GPIO status LED initial state is on"
> +config SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_ACTIVE_HIGH
> + bool "GPIO status LED is active high"
> + default y
> help
> - Whether the initial state of the status LED in SPL must be on or off.
> + Whether the GPIO of the status LED must be set high or low to turn
> + the LED on.
>
> endif # SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS
>
> diff --git a/board/sunxi/board.c b/board/sunxi/board.c
> index d7722d1858a..3d1afec7c66 100644
> --- a/board/sunxi/board.c
> +++ b/board/sunxi/board.c
> @@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ static void sunxi_spl_store_dram_size(phys_addr_t dram_size)
> static void status_led_init(void)
> {
> #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SUNXI_LED_STATUS)
> - unsigned int state = CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_STATE;
> - unsigned int gpio = CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_BIT;
> + unsigned int state = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_ACTIVE_HIGH);
> + unsigned int gpio = CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_GPIO;
>
> gpio_request(gpio, "gpio_led");
> gpio_direction_output(gpio, state);
> diff --git a/configs/pinephone_defconfig b/configs/pinephone_defconfig
> index ed7dbc1852b..3a4f4ec51cf 100644
> --- a/configs/pinephone_defconfig
> +++ b/configs/pinephone_defconfig
> @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_DRAM_ZQ=3881949
> CONFIG_MMC_SUNXI_SLOT_EXTRA=2
> CONFIG_PINEPHONE_DT_SELECTION=y
> CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS=y
> -CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_BIT=114
> -CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_STATE=y
> +CONFIG_SPL_SUNXI_LED_STATUS_GPIO=114
> # CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT is not set
> CONFIG_CMD_PSTORE=y
> CONFIG_CMD_PSTORE_MEM_ADDR=0x61000000
> --
> 2.43.0
>
--
Paul Kocialkowski,
Independent contractor - sys-base - https://www.sys-base.io/
Free software developer - https://www.paulk.fr/
Expert in multimedia, graphics and embedded hardware support with Linux.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-29 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-29 9:28 [PATCH v2 0/3] Funxi: Fix and extend SPL power LED support Andre Przywara
2026-04-29 9:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] sunxi: spl: fix SPL_SUNXI_LED active low configuration Andre Przywara
2026-04-29 9:49 ` Quentin Schulz
2026-04-29 13:07 ` Paul Kocialkowski [this message]
2026-04-29 9:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] sunxi: configs: enable power LEDs on 32-bit boards Andre Przywara
2026-04-29 13:08 ` Paul Kocialkowski
2026-04-29 9:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] sunxi: configs: enable power LEDs on 64-bit boards Andre Przywara
2026-04-29 13:08 ` Paul Kocialkowski
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