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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-25 21:48:44 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-25 21:48:44 +0200
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parentMerge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86... (diff)
parentleds: Add default-on trigger (diff)
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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: Add default-on trigger leds: Document the context brightness_set needs leds: Add new driver for the LEDs on the Freecom FSG-3 leds: Add support to leds with readable status leds: enable support for blink_set() platform hook in leds-gpio leds: Cleanup various whitespace and code style issues leds: disable triggers on brightness set leds: Add mail LED support for "Clevo D400P"
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/leds-class.txt12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/leds-class.txt b/Documentation/leds-class.txt
index 56757c751d6f..18860ad9935a 100644
--- a/Documentation/leds-class.txt
+++ b/Documentation/leds-class.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ optimises away.
Complex triggers whilst available to all LEDs have LED specific
parameters and work on a per LED basis. The timer trigger is an example.
+The timer trigger will periodically change the LED brightness between
+LED_OFF and the current brightness setting. The "on" and "off" time can
+be specified via /sys/class/leds/<device>/delay_{on,off} in milliseconds.
+You can change the brightness value of a LED independently of the timer
+trigger. However, if you set the brightness value to LED_OFF it will
+also disable the timer trigger.
You can change triggers in a similar manner to the way an IO scheduler
is chosen (via /sys/class/leds/<device>/trigger). Trigger specific
@@ -63,9 +69,9 @@ value if it is called with *delay_on==0 && *delay_off==0 parameters. In
this case the driver should give back the chosen value through delay_on
and delay_off parameters to the leds subsystem.
-Any call to the brightness_set() callback function should cancel the
-previously programmed hardware blinking function so setting the brightness
-to 0 can also cancel the blinking of the LED.
+Setting the brightness to zero with brightness_set() callback function
+should completely turn off the LED and cancel the previously programmed
+hardware blinking function, if any.
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