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2Kernel driver for lp5521
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5* National Semiconductor LP5521 led driver chip
6* Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LP/LP5521.html
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8Authors: Mathias Nyman, Yuri Zaporozhets, Samu Onkalo
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10Contact: Samu Onkalo (samu.p.onkalo-at-nokia.com)
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12Description
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15LP5521 can drive up to 3 channels. Leds can be controlled directly via
16the led class control interface. Channels have generic names:
17lp5521:channelx, where x is 0 .. 2
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19All three channels can be also controlled using the engine micro programs.
20More details of the instructions can be found from the public data sheet.
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22LP5521 has the internal program memory for running various LED patterns.
23There are two ways to run LED patterns.
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251) Legacy interface - enginex_mode and enginex_load
26   Control interface for the engines:
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28   x is 1 .. 3
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30   enginex_mode:
31	disabled, load, run
32   enginex_load:
33	store program (visible only in engine load mode)
34
35  Example (start to blink the channel 2 led)::
36
37	cd   /sys/class/leds/lp5521:channel2/device
38	echo "load" > engine3_mode
39	echo "037f4d0003ff6000" > engine3_load
40	echo "run" > engine3_mode
41
42  To stop the engine::
43
44	echo "disabled" > engine3_mode
45
462) Firmware interface - LP55xx common interface
47
48For the details, please refer to 'firmware' section in leds-lp55xx.txt
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50sysfs contains a selftest entry.
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52The test communicates with the chip and checks that
53the clock mode is automatically set to the requested one.
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55Each channel has its own led current settings.
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57- /sys/class/leds/lp5521:channel0/led_current - RW
58- /sys/class/leds/lp5521:channel0/max_current - RO
59
60Format: 10x mA i.e 10 means 1.0 mA
61
62example platform data::
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64  static struct lp55xx_led_config lp5521_led_config[] = {
65	  {
66		.name = "red",
67		  .chan_nr        = 0,
68		  .led_current    = 50,
69		.max_current    = 130,
70	  }, {
71		.name = "green",
72		  .chan_nr        = 1,
73		  .led_current    = 0,
74		.max_current    = 130,
75	  }, {
76		.name = "blue",
77		  .chan_nr        = 2,
78		  .led_current    = 0,
79		.max_current    = 130,
80	  }
81  };
82
83  static int lp5521_setup(void)
84  {
85	/* setup HW resources */
86  }
87
88  static void lp5521_release(void)
89  {
90	/* Release HW resources */
91  }
92
93  static void lp5521_enable(bool state)
94  {
95	/* Control of chip enable signal */
96  }
97
98  static struct lp55xx_platform_data lp5521_platform_data = {
99	  .led_config     = lp5521_led_config,
100	  .num_channels   = ARRAY_SIZE(lp5521_led_config),
101	  .clock_mode     = LP55XX_CLOCK_EXT,
102	  .setup_resources   = lp5521_setup,
103	  .release_resources = lp5521_release,
104	  .enable            = lp5521_enable,
105  };
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107Note:
108  chan_nr can have values between 0 and 2.
109  The name of each channel can be configurable.
110  If the name field is not defined, the default name will be set to 'xxxx:channelN'
111  (XXXX : pdata->label or i2c client name, N : channel number)
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113
114If the current is set to 0 in the platform data, that channel is
115disabled and it is not visible in the sysfs.
116