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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-28 11:02:32 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-28 11:02:32 -0700 |
commit | 61abfd2df8aa43a137ae58446dd0638a2385586e (patch) | |
tree | 70e54fd22dbe8d7064f8cac47b43c7d5406048ab /Documentation | |
parent | 4075ea8c54a7506844a69f674990241e7766357b (diff) | |
parent | a1dd8c617217322614f0465ae347895c4b58e1ab (diff) | |
download | linux-61abfd2df8aa43a137ae58446dd0638a2385586e.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.o-hand.com/linux-rpurdie-leds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.o-hand.com/linux-rpurdie-leds:
leds: Futher document blink_set
leds: Add options to have GPIO LEDs start on or keep their state
leds: LED driver for National Semiconductor LP3944 Funlight Chip
leds: pca9532 - Indent using tabs, not spaces.
leds: Remove an orphan Kconfig entry
leds: Further document parameters for blink_set()
leds: alix-leds2 fixed for Award BIOS
leds: leds-gpio - fix a section mismatch
leds: add the sysfs interface into the leds-bd2802 driver for changing wave pattern and led current.
leds: change the license information
leds: fix led-bd2802 errors while resuming
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/leds-lp3944.txt | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt | 17 |
2 files changed, 66 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/leds-lp3944.txt b/Documentation/leds-lp3944.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c6eda18b15ef --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/leds-lp3944.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Kernel driver lp3944 +==================== + + * National Semiconductor LP3944 Fun-light Chip + Prefix: 'lp3944' + Addresses scanned: None (see the Notes section below) + Datasheet: Publicly available at the National Semiconductor website + http://www.national.com/pf/LP/LP3944.html + +Authors: + Antonio Ospite <ospite@studenti.unina.it> + + +Description +----------- +The LP3944 is a helper chip that can drive up to 8 leds, with two programmable +DIM modes; it could even be used as a gpio expander but this driver assumes it +is used as a led controller. + +The DIM modes are used to set _blink_ patterns for leds, the pattern is +specified supplying two parameters: + - period: from 0s to 1.6s + - duty cycle: percentage of the period the led is on, from 0 to 100 + +Setting a led in DIM0 or DIM1 mode makes it blink according to the pattern. +See the datasheet for details. + +LP3944 can be found on Motorola A910 smartphone, where it drives the rgb +leds, the camera flash light and the lcds power. + + +Notes +----- +The chip is used mainly in embedded contexts, so this driver expects it is +registered using the i2c_board_info mechanism. + +To register the chip at address 0x60 on adapter 0, set the platform data +according to include/linux/leds-lp3944.h, set the i2c board info: + + static struct i2c_board_info __initdata a910_i2c_board_info[] = { + { + I2C_BOARD_INFO("lp3944", 0x60), + .platform_data = &a910_lp3944_leds, + }, + }; + +and register it in the platform init function + + i2c_register_board_info(0, a910_i2c_board_info, + ARRAY_SIZE(a910_i2c_board_info)); diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt index 4fe14deedc0a..064db928c3c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt @@ -16,10 +16,17 @@ LED sub-node properties: string defining the trigger assigned to the LED. Current triggers are: "backlight" - LED will act as a back-light, controlled by the framebuffer system - "default-on" - LED will turn on + "default-on" - LED will turn on, but see "default-state" below "heartbeat" - LED "double" flashes at a load average based rate "ide-disk" - LED indicates disk activity "timer" - LED flashes at a fixed, configurable rate +- default-state: (optional) The initial state of the LED. Valid + values are "on", "off", and "keep". If the LED is already on or off + and the default-state property is set the to same value, then no + glitch should be produced where the LED momentarily turns off (or + on). The "keep" setting will keep the LED at whatever its current + state is, without producing a glitch. The default is off if this + property is not present. Examples: @@ -30,14 +37,22 @@ leds { gpios = <&mcu_pio 0 1>; /* Active low */ linux,default-trigger = "ide-disk"; }; + + fault { + gpios = <&mcu_pio 1 0>; + /* Keep LED on if BIOS detected hardware fault */ + default-state = "keep"; + }; }; run-control { compatible = "gpio-leds"; red { gpios = <&mpc8572 6 0>; + default-state = "off"; }; green { gpios = <&mpc8572 7 0>; + default-state = "on"; }; } |