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On 11.11.20 15:30, Limonciello, Mario wrote:

Hi,

> Pressing the mute key activates a time delayed circuit to physically cut
> off the mute.  The LED is in the same circuit, so it reflects the true
> state of the HW mute.  The reason for the EC "ack" is so that software
> can first invoke a SW mute before the HW circuit is cut off.  Without SW
> cutting this off first does not affect the time delayed muting or status
> of the LED but there is a possibility of a "popping" noise leading to a
> poor user experience.

how long is that timeout ?

> Exposing as an LED device allows the codec drivers notification path to
> EC ACK to work.

Which driver exactly ? Who's gonna access this LED ?


--mtx

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