On 12/12/2015 17:03, Nikolay Martynov wrote: > Hi > > 2015-12-12 2:01 GMT-05:00 John Crispin <[email protected]>: >> >> >> On 12/12/2015 07:50, Nikolay Martynov wrote: >>> Hi, John. >>> >>>> >>>> as for the led support, you need to add an extra hook function so that >>>> swconfig can read the per port traffic counters. it can then make gpio >>>> leds flash based on those values. >>> >>> Just to make sure we are on the same page: the problem is that this >>> router doesn't have gpio-driven leds. Only leds it has are connected >>> directly to switch and those are not exposed as gpios. >>> Is SWCONFIG_LEDS the thing that designed to help is this case? Or is >>> it for the case when we have leds on gpios and switch without directly >>> connected leds? >> >> ah ok, i though the automagic leds dont work and you have gpio leds. >> some ODMs do that for unknown reasons. in those cases the you need the >> SWCONFIG_LEDS. do they just stay silent for you now ? >> > No, they blink with traffic alright. > > The problem I was trying to solve is to give some visual > notification during upgrade. > Stock firmware locked one led on. I do not have source for stock > kernel module that does it, but I looked at U-boot and it looks like > there's some code that controls those leds via mdio. I do not know > what exactly they are doing - it might well be they just make link > status stuck on. > I couldn't find anything similar to this in linux kernel. >
i just checked the switches datasheet and there is a register to turn the leds into gpios. and another to control them. i'll convert the relevant bits of the pdf to a header file during the next days. _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
