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| author | Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> | 2007-10-31 10:00:07 -0400 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> | 2008-02-07 04:47:00 -0500 |
| commit | 6c152beefbf90579d21afc4f7e075b1f801f9a75 (patch) | |
| tree | c5814496de9e29662d558deddb31e0a0c4549cd7 /Documentation/leds-class.txt | |
| parent | cec035de8265b18252742ef359b12e9694641112 (diff) | |
leds: Standardise LED naming scheme
As discussed on LKML some notion of 'function' is needed in
LED naming. This patch adds this to the documentation and
standardises existing LED drivers.
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/leds-class.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/leds-class.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/leds-class.txt b/Documentation/leds-class.txt index 8c35c0426110..877af6efc18b 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds-class.txt +++ b/Documentation/leds-class.txt | |||
| @@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ LED Device Naming | |||
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | Is currently of the form: | 40 | Is currently of the form: |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | "devicename:colour" | 42 | "devicename:colour:function" |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | There have been calls for LED properties such as colour to be exported as | 44 | There have been calls for LED properties such as colour to be exported as |
| 45 | individual led class attributes. As a solution which doesn't incur as much | 45 | individual led class attributes. As a solution which doesn't incur as much |
| 46 | overhead, I suggest these become part of the device name. The naming scheme | 46 | overhead, I suggest these become part of the device name. The naming scheme |
| 47 | above leaves scope for further attributes should they be needed. | 47 | above leaves scope for further attributes should they be needed. If sections |
| 48 | of the name don't apply, just leave that section blank. | ||
| 48 | 49 | ||
| 49 | 50 | ||
| 50 | Known Issues | 51 | Known Issues |