Re: [PATCH leds v2 06/10] leds: core: inform trigger that it's deactivation is due to LED removal

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On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 23:12:57 +0200
Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 02:51:51AM +0200, Marek Behún wrote:
> > Move setting of the LED_UNREGISTERING before deactivating the
> > trigger in led_classdev_unregister().
> > 
> > It can be useful for a LED trigger to know whether it is being
> > deactivated due to the LED being unregistered. This makes it
> > possible for LED drivers which implement trigger offloading to
> > leave the LED in HW triggering mode when the LED is unregistered,
> > instead of disabling it.  
> 
> Humm, i'm not sure that is a good idea. I don't expect my Ethernet
> switch to keep forwarding frames when i unload the driver.

We want to make it so that when leds-turris-omnia driver is unloaded,
the LEDs will start blinking in HW mode as they did before the driver
was loaded. This is needed for that.

Marek




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