RE: [PATCH] s3c/s3c24xx: arm: leds: Make s3c24xx LEDS driver use gpiolib

[Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>]

Denis Kuzmenko wrote at Monday, November 21, 2011 12:38 PM:
> On 11/21/2011 08:07 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
> > Denis Kuzmenko wrote at Friday, November 18, 2011 4:17 PM:
> >> On 11/19/2011 12:44 AM, Stephen Warren wrote:
...
> >>> OK, I see the need for a pull of some kind (although aren't there meant
> >>> to be ESD protection diodes for this purpose; relying on what are probably
> >>> pretty weak pullup/down resistors doesn't seem like it will provide much
> >>> protection at all).
> >>
> >> I don't mean pull as any kind of good protection. But it's much better
> >> to have it than not.
> >
> > Hmm. I'm not entirely convinced. If the board already has a pull-up/down,
> > it seems like it won't really make much difference to ESD, and you can't
> > make any assumptions in the core driver about whether such an external
> > resistor is already present. In fact, adding another pull resistor inside
> > the SoC in parallel will reduce the overall resistance, and increase wasted
> > power.
> >
> 
> 	I don't think it's a real protection. It's rather "mistake-proofing"
> (Poka-Yoke).
> 	You are right, I didn't considered additional pulls (however I can't
> imagine tristate LED usage with additional external pull) and power
> consumptions.
> 	I was just wondering, why was pull needed in previous implementation.
> Additional ESD protection was the only thing I could imagine. I don't
> think it's needed there and I'm OK to remove pull-related code.
> 	So I'll remove it, test and send patch V3?

I don't see any pulls being configured in the original code at all,
unless some of the s3c2410_* function have unexpected side-effect. The
only related thing is in probe:

        /* no point in having a pull-up if we are always driving */

        if (pdata->flags & S3C24XX_LEDF_TRISTATE) {
..
        } else {
                s3c2410_gpio_pullup(pdata->gpio, 0);

which I assume disables an pull in the case where the pin is always driven.

So, yes, I'd say submit v3 without any pull manipulation at all.

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