Re: [PATCH v7 9/9] leds: st1202: correct and extend hw_pattern documentation

Manuel Fombuena <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-leds,dev.linux.lists.sashiko-reviews
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On Thu, 2 Jul 2026, [email protected] wrote:

> Pre-existing issues:
> - [High] Hardware pattern brightness values are not scaled to the 12-bit PWM range, resulting in extremely dim patterns. The documentation update masks this bug by incorrectly blessing the 0-255 range.
> - [High] The driver lacks bounds checking for the `repeat` count, leading to silent integer truncation. The documentation update inappropriately enshrines this hardware artifact, breaking API consistency.

All issues raised are pre-existing and outside the scope of this patch.
They will be addressed in a follow-up submission.

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Manuel Fombuena
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