3 It is somehow important to provide consistent interface to the
4 userland. LED devices have one problem there, and that is naming of
5 directories in /sys/class/leds. It would be nice if userland would
6 just know right "name" for given LED function, but situation got more
9 Anyway, if backwards compatibility is not an issue, new code should
10 use one of the "good" names from this list, and you should extend the
11 list where applicable.
13 Legacy names are listed, too; in case you are writing application that
14 wants to use particular feature, you should probe for good name, first,
15 but then try the legacy ones, too.
17 Notice there's a list of functions in include/dt-bindings/leds/common.h .
19 * Gamepads and joysticks
21 Game controllers may feature LEDs to indicate a player number. This is commonly
22 used on game consoles in which multiple controllers can be connected to a system.
23 The "player LEDs" are then programmed with a pattern to indicate a particular
24 player. For example, a game controller with 4 LEDs, may be programmed with "x---"
25 to indicate player 1, "-x--" to indicate player 2 etcetera where "x" means on.
26 Input drivers can utilize the LED class to expose the individual player LEDs
27 of a game controller using the function "player".
28 Note: tracking and management of Player IDs is the responsibility of user space,
29 though drivers may pick a default value.
31 Good: "input*:*:player-{1,2,3,4,5}
35 Good: "input*:*:capslock"
36 Good: "input*:*:scrolllock"
37 Good: "input*:*:numlock"
38 Legacy: "shift-key-light" (Motorola Droid 4, capslock)
40 Set of common keyboard LEDs, going back to PC AT or so.
42 Legacy: "tpacpi::thinklight" (IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads)
43 Legacy: "lp5523:kb{1,2,3,4,5,6}" (Nokia N900)
45 Frontlight/backlight of main keyboard.
47 Legacy: "button-backlight" (Motorola Droid 4)
49 Some phones have touch buttons below screen; it is different from main
50 keyboard. And this is their backlight.
54 Good: "platform:*:mute"
55 Good: "platform:*:micmute"
57 LEDs on notebook body, indicating that sound input / output is muted.
62 Legacy: "status-led:{red,green,blue}" (Motorola Droid 4)
63 Legacy: "lp5523:{r,g,b}" (Nokia N900)
65 Phones usually have multi-color status LED.
69 Good: "platform:*:charging" (allwinner sun50i, leds-cht-wcove)
73 Good: ":backlight" (Motorola Droid 4)
77 Currently two types of Network LEDs are support, those controlled by
78 the PHY and those by the MAC. In theory both can be present at the
79 same time for one Linux netdev, hence the names need to differ between
82 Do not use the netdev name, such as eth0, enp1s0. These are not stable
83 and are not unique. They also don't differentiate between MAC and PHY.
87 Good: f1070000.ethernet:white:WAN
88 Good: mdio_mux-0.1:00:green:left
89 Good: 0000:02:00.0:yellow:top
91 The first part must uniquely name the MAC controller. Then follows the
92 colour. WAN/LAN should be used for a single LED. If there are
93 multiple LEDs, use left/right, or top/bottom to indicate their
94 position on the RJ45 socket.
98 Good: f1072004.mdio-mii:00: white:WAN
99 Good: !mdio-mux!mdio@2!switch@0!mdio:01:green:right
100 Good: r8169-0-200:00:yellow:bottom
102 The first part must uniquely name the PHY. This often means uniquely
103 identifying the MDIO bus controller, and the address on the bus.