Date:   Sun, 5 Mar 2023 10:18:24 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To:     ChiaEn Wu <chiaen_wu@richtek.com>
Cc:     corbet@lwn.net, pavel@ucw.cz, matthias.bgg@gmail.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, jacek.anaszewski@gmail.com,
        angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
        peterwu.pub@gmail.com, cy_huang@richtek.com,
        linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        szunichen@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 RESEND 3/3] docs: leds: Add MT6370 RGB LED pattern
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2023, ChiaEn Wu wrote:

> From: ChiYuan Huang <cy_huang@richtek.com>
> 
> Document the MT6370 RGB LED pattern trigger.
> 
> This simply describe how the pattern works, each timing period, and the
> pattern diagram for MT6370 RGB LED.
> 
> Signed-off-by: ChiYuan Huang <cy_huang@richtek.com>
> Signed-off-by: ChiaEn Wu <chiaen_wu@richtek.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/leds/leds-mt6370-rgb.rst | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 64 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/leds/leds-mt6370-rgb.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-mt6370-rgb.rst b/Documentation/leds/leds-mt6370-rgb.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..d1b2e4f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-mt6370-rgb.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +=========================================
> +Kernel driver for Mediatek MT6370 RGB LED

Are you describing the device or the kernel driver?

> +=========================================
> +
> +Description
> +-----------
> +
> +The MT6370 integrates a four-channel RGB LED driver, designed to provide a
> +variety of lighting effect for mobile device applications. The RGB LED driver

"devices"

> +includes a smart LED string controller and it can drive 3 channels of LEDs with
> +a sink current up to 24mA and a CHG_VIN power good indicator LED with sink
> +current up to 6mA. It provides three operation modes for RGB LEDs:
> +PWM Dimming mode, breath pattern mode, and constant current mode. The device
> +can increase or decrease the brightness of the RGB LED via I2C interface.

"an I2C interface"

> +The breath pattern for a channel can be programmed using the "pattern" trigger,
> +using the hw_pattern attribute.
> +
> +/sys/class/leds/<led>/hw_pattern
> +--------------------------------
> +
> +Specify a hardware breath pattern for a MT6370 RGB LED.
> +
> +The breath pattern is a series of timing pairs, with the hold-time expressed in
> +milliseconds. And the brightness is controlled by
> +'/sys/class/leds/<led>/brightness'. The pattern doesn't include the brightness
> +setting. Hardware pattern only controls the timing for each pattern stage
> +depending on the current brightness setting.
> +
> +Pattern diagram::
> +
> +     "0 Tr1 0 Tr2 0 Tf1 0 Tf2 0 Ton 0 Toff" --> '0' for dummy brightness code
> +
> +      ^
> +      |           ============
> +      |          /            \                                /
> +Icurr |         /              \                              /
> +      |        /                \                            /
> +      |       /                  \                          /   .....repeat
> +      |      /                    \                        /
> +      |   ---                      ---                  ---
> +      |---                            ---            ---
> +      +----------------------------------============------------> Time
> +       < Tr1><Tr2><   Ton    ><Tf1><Tf2 ><  Toff    >< Tr1><Tr2>
> +
> +Timing description::
> +
> +Tr1:    First rising time for duty 0 to 30%.
> +Tr2:    Second rising time for duty 31% to 100%.
> +Ton:    On time for duty 100%.
> +Tf1:    First falling time for duty 100% to 31%.
> +Tf2:    Second falling time for duty 30% to 0%.
> +Toff:   Off time for duty 0%.
> +
> +Tr1/Tr2/Tf1/Tf2/Ton: 125ms to 3125ms, 200ms per step.
> +Toff: 250ms to 6250ms, 400ms per step.
> +
> +Pattern example::
> +
> +       "0 125 0 125 0 125 0 125 0 625 0 1050"
> +
> +This Will configure Tr1/Tr2/Tf1/Tf2 to 125m, Ton to 625ms, and Toff to 1050ms.
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]