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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-07-01 19:09:11 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-07-01 19:09:11 -0700
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tree06968d83ed6e5e23e1f729cf6f096f9a79f14f72 /Documentation/leds/leds-class-flash.txt
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parentb67893206fc0a0e8af87130e67f3d8ae553fc87c (diff)
Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/linux-leds
Pull LED subsystem updates from Bryan Wu: "In this cycle, we finished to merge patches for LED Flash class driver. Other than that we have some bug fixes and new drivers for LED controllers" * 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/linux-leds: (33 commits) leds:lp55xx: fix firmware loading error leds: fix max77693-led build errors leds: fix aat1290 build errors leds: aat1290: pass flags parameter to devm_gpiod_get leds: ktd2692: pass flags parameter to devm_gpiod_get drivers/leds: don't use module_init in non-modular leds-cobalt-raq.c leds: aat1290: add support for V4L2 Flash sub-device DT: aat1290: Document handling external strobe sources leds: max77693: add support for V4L2 Flash sub-device media: Add registration helpers for V4L2 flash sub-devices v4l: async: Add a pointer to of_node to struct v4l2_subdev, match it Documentation: leds: Add description of v4l2-flash sub-device leds: add BCM6358 LED driver leds: add DT binding for BCM6358 LED controller leds: fix brightness changing when software blinking is active Documentation: leds-lp5523: describe master fader attributes leds: lp5523: add master_fader support leds: leds-gpio: Allow compile test if !GPIOLIB leds: leds-gpio: Add missing #include <linux/of.h> gpiolib: Add missing dummies for the unified device properties interface ...
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@@ -20,3 +20,54 @@ Following sysfs attributes are exposed for controlling flash LED devices:
- max_flash_timeout
- flash_strobe
- flash_fault
+
+
+V4L2 flash wrapper for flash LEDs
+=================================
+
+A LED subsystem driver can be controlled also from the level of VideoForLinux2
+subsystem. In order to enable this CONFIG_V4L2_FLASH_LED_CLASS symbol has to
+be defined in the kernel config.
+
+The driver must call the v4l2_flash_init function to get registered in the
+V4L2 subsystem. The function takes six arguments:
+- dev : flash device, e.g. an I2C device
+- of_node : of_node of the LED, may be NULL if the same as device's
+- fled_cdev : LED flash class device to wrap
+- iled_cdev : LED flash class device representing indicator LED associated with
+ fled_cdev, may be NULL
+- ops : V4L2 specific ops
+ * external_strobe_set - defines the source of the flash LED strobe -
+ V4L2_CID_FLASH_STROBE control or external source, typically
+ a sensor, which makes it possible to synchronise the flash
+ strobe start with exposure start,
+ * intensity_to_led_brightness and led_brightness_to_intensity - perform
+ enum led_brightness <-> V4L2 intensity conversion in a device
+ specific manner - they can be used for devices with non-linear
+ LED current scale.
+- config : configuration for V4L2 Flash sub-device
+ * dev_name - the name of the media entity, unique in the system,
+ * flash_faults - bitmask of flash faults that the LED flash class
+ device can report; corresponding LED_FAULT* bit definitions are
+ available in <linux/led-class-flash.h>,
+ * torch_intensity - constraints for the LED in TORCH mode
+ in microamperes,
+ * indicator_intensity - constraints for the indicator LED
+ in microamperes,
+ * has_external_strobe - determines whether the flash strobe source
+ can be switched to external,
+
+On remove the v4l2_flash_release function has to be called, which takes one
+argument - struct v4l2_flash pointer returned previously by v4l2_flash_init.
+This function can be safely called with NULL or error pointer argument.
+
+Please refer to drivers/leds/leds-max77693.c for an exemplary usage of the
+v4l2 flash wrapper.
+
+Once the V4L2 sub-device is registered by the driver which created the Media
+controller device, the sub-device node acts just as a node of a native V4L2
+flash API device would. The calls are simply routed to the LED flash API.
+
+Opening the V4L2 flash sub-device makes the LED subsystem sysfs interface
+unavailable. The interface is re-enabled after the V4L2 flash sub-device
+is closed.