From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: stuart hayes <stuart.w.hayes@gmail.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>,
kw@linux.com,
"linux-leds@vger.kernel.org" <linux-leds@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add support for PCIe SSD status LED management
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 00:40:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210602224059.GA19673@duo.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <552ca26f-c7ab-3496-743f-f95e80eb578b@gmail.com>
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Hi!
> > > This would cause the system to somehow show the user that that this drive
> > > (or drive slot) is the one that it wants a person to be able to physically
> > > locate (possibly by flashing a blue LED on/near the drive), and also that
> > > the drive is OK. It would presumably do that by lighting the LEDs on/near
> > > the drive with certain colors and/or flashing patterns, though it could, in
> > > theory, put "OK" in an LCD on the drive slot. How the states are displayed
> > > to the user is beyond the scope of the specs.
> > >
> > > (The _DSM and NPEM specs provide for a way to control status LEDs on a drive
> > > or drive slot. Typically drives will have 2 or 3 LEDs that are illuminated
> > > in different colors or flashing patterns to indicate various states (like
> > > those listed in IBPI / SFF-8489), though the _DSM / NPEM specs do not
> > > specify how the states are displayed.)
> >
> > Well, LED subsystem expects to know how many LEDs are there and what
> > the LEDs are, and expects individual control over them.
> >
> > "2 or 3 LEDs with unknown patterns", or LCD display is outside of scope
> > of LED subsystem, so this should be independend.
>
> Yes... I had originally submitted this without using the LED subsystem, and
> Greg K-H said I had to (see
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg102013.html). Here's the
> relevant bit.
...
> So I'm not sure what to do.
Explain to Greg that you don't know how particular system implements
the indication. It can be small display, 2 LEDs, 3 LEDs, etc... LED
subsystem expects direct LED control.
Best regards,
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-02 22:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-01 20:38 [PATCH v2] Add support for PCIe SSD status LED management Stuart Hayes
2021-06-01 21:20 ` Randy Dunlap
2021-06-01 22:38 ` Pavel Machek
2021-06-02 3:18 ` stuart hayes
2021-06-02 9:05 ` Pavel Machek
2021-06-02 15:36 ` stuart hayes
2021-06-02 22:40 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2021-06-04 20:13 ` stuart hayes
2021-06-02 16:33 ` Marek Behún
2021-06-01 23:39 ` Randy Dunlap
2021-06-01 23:48 ` kernel test robot
2021-06-02 7:05 ` Lukas Wunner
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