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SubjectRe: leds-hp-disk vs lis3lv02d

> > OTOH it should
> > not block merge; both drivers still work and are useful.
> But for long-term the HPQ0004 specific things in the lids3v driver should get
> merged with your HP leds driver also registering for HPQ0004 and the lids3v
> specific things should get a separate driver which HPQ0004 driver makes use
> of?

Yep, that sounds sane.

> Pavel: I am also not sure whether it's a good idea to mis-use the HP's LED for
> mail notification or similar or to expose this one as a general LED. This LED
> is intended to be used with the disk parking feature by the vendor?
> I don't know the LED interface well, but if it's now possible that
> every mail

That's how LED interface works. This _is_ general LED.

Check permissions in /sys; root permissons should be needed to
blink the LED.

> or other app can reprogram the disk parking LED for it's own purposes, this
> sounds wrong. The LED can still be accessed and activated, e.g. when disk
> gets parked behind the OS'es back. If this is a nice hack to e.g. use LED for
> suspend debugging or similar, then it should be well hidden to the outside
> world.

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