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authorJoseph Strauss2024-07-10 13:48:44 -0500
committerLee Jones2024-08-01 13:40:02 +0100
commit56e8c56c9af0df8b6de7bc4b6d9a2f4570b055db (patch)
tree5197f130b04be7fc0028b33139e2a65db5d5c2a3 /Documentation/leds
parent6b08d07cac64c0dcf1dbb4584bdf95d0f789a520 (diff)
leds: Add multicolor support to BlinkM LED driver
Add multicolor support to the BlinkM driver, making it easier to control from userspace. The BlinkM LED is a programmable RGB LED. The driver currently supports only the regular LED sysfs class, resulting in the creation of three distinct classes, one for red, green, and blue. The user then has to input three values into the three seperate brightness files within those classes. The multicolor LED framework makes the device easier to control with the multi_intensity file: the user can input three values at once to form a color, while still controlling the lightness with the brightness file. The main struct blinkm_led has changed slightly. The struct led_classdev for the regular sysfs classes remain. The blinkm_probe function checks CONFIG_LEDS_BLINKM_MULTICOLOR to decide whether to load the seperate sysfs classes or the single multicolor one, but never both. The blinkm_set_mc_brightness() function had to be added to calculate the three color components and then set the fields of the blinkm_data structure accordingly. Signed-off-by: Joseph Strauss <jstrauss@mailbox.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240710184844.108006-1-jstrauss@mailbox.org Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/leds')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/leds/leds-blinkm.rst29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/leds/well-known-leds.txt8
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-blinkm.rst b/Documentation/leds/leds-blinkm.rst
index 2d3c226a371a..647be1c6c552 100644
--- a/Documentation/leds/leds-blinkm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-blinkm.rst
@@ -13,9 +13,31 @@ The device accepts RGB and HSB color values through separate commands.
Also you can store blinking sequences as "scripts" in
the controller and run them. Also fading is an option.
-The interface this driver provides is 2-fold:
+The interface this driver provides is 3-fold:
-a) LED class interface for use with triggers
+a) LED multicolor class interface for use with triggers
+#######################################################
+
+The registration follows the scheme::
+
+ blinkm-<i2c-bus-nr>-<i2c-device-nr>:rgb:indicator
+
+ $ ls -h /sys/class/leds/blinkm-1-9:rgb:indicator
+ brightness device max_brightness multi_index multi_intensity power subsystem trigger uevent
+
+Hue is controlled by the multi_intensity file and lightness is controlled by
+the brightness file.
+
+The order in which to write the intensity values can be found in multi_index.
+Exactly three values between 0 and 255 must be written to multi_intensity to
+change the color::
+
+ $ echo 255 100 50 > multi_intensity
+
+The overall lightness be changed by writing a value between 0 and 255 to the
+brightness file.
+
+b) LED class interface for use with triggers
############################################
The registration follows the scheme::
@@ -79,6 +101,7 @@ E.g.::
-as of 6/2012
+as of 07/2024
dl9pf <at> gmx <dot> de
+jstrauss <at> mailbox <dot> org
diff --git a/Documentation/leds/well-known-leds.txt b/Documentation/leds/well-known-leds.txt
index 67b44704801f..17ef78faf1f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/leds/well-known-leds.txt
+++ b/Documentation/leds/well-known-leds.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ Good: "platform:*:charging" (allwinner sun50i, leds-cht-wcove)
Good: ":backlight" (Motorola Droid 4)
+* Indicators
+
+Good: ":indicator" (Blinkm)
+
+* RGB
+
+Good: ":rgb" (Blinkm)
+
* Ethernet LEDs
Currently two types of Network LEDs are support, those controlled by