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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt: bindings: lm3697: Add bindings for lm3697 driver
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Jacek

On 08/08/2018 04:09 PM, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> On 08/08/2018 11:04 PM, Dan Murphy wrote:
>> On 08/08/2018 04:02 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>>>>> + - #size-cells : 0
>>>>>> + - control-bank-cfg - : Indicates which sink is connected to which control bank
>>>>>> + 0 - All HVLED outputs are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> + 1 - HVLED1 is controlled bank B, HVLED2/3 are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> + 2 - HVLED2 is controlled bank B, HVLED1/3 are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> + 3 - HVLED1/2 are controlled by bank B, HVLED3 is controlled by bank A
>>>>>> + 4 - HVLED3 is controlled by bank B, HVLED1/2 are controlled by bank A
>>>>>> + 5 - HVLED1/3 is controlled by bank B, HVLED2 is controlled by bank A
>>>>>> + 6 - (default) HVLED1 is controlled by bank A, HVLED2/3 are controlled by bank B
>>>>>> + 7 - All HVLED outputs are controlled by bank B
>>>>>
>>>>> This is quite long way to describe a bitmask, no? Could we make
>>>>> it so that control-bank-cfg is not needed?
>>>>
>>>> The problem we have here is there is a potential to control
>>>> 3 different LED string but only 2 sinks. So control bank A can control 2 LED strings and control
>>>> bank b can control 1 LED string.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Can we forget about the LED strings, and just expose the sinks as
>>> Linux LED devices?
>>
>> 2 sinks 3 LED strings. How do you know which LED string is which and what bank it belongs
>> to when setting the brightness. Each Bank has a separate register for brightness control.
>
> Just a blind shot, without going into details - could you please check
> if led-sources property documented in the common LED bindings couldn't
> help here?
>

I could change the name to led-sources. But this part does not really follow the 1 output to a
1 LED string topology.


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