LED handling under Linux
  ========================
  
  If you're reading this and thinking about keyboard leds, these are
  handled by the input subsystem and the led class is *not* needed.
  
  In its simplest form, the LED class just allows control of LEDs from

  userspace. LEDs appear in /sys/class/leds/. The maximum brightness of the
  LED is defined in max_brightness file. The brightness file will set the brightness
  of the LED (taking a value 0-max_brightness). Most LEDs don't have hardware
  brightness support so will just be turned on for non-zero brightness settings.

  
  The class also introduces the optional concept of an LED trigger. A trigger
  is a kernel based source of led events. Triggers can either be simple or
  complex. A simple trigger isn't configurable and is designed to slot into
  existing subsystems with minimal additional code. Examples are the ide-disk,
  nand-disk and sharpsl-charge triggers. With led triggers disabled, the code
  optimises away.
  
  Complex triggers whilst available to all LEDs have LED specific
  parameters and work on a per LED basis. The timer trigger is an example.

  The timer trigger will periodically change the LED brightness between
  LED_OFF and the current brightness setting. The "on" and "off" time can
  be specified via /sys/class/leds/<device>/delay_{on,off} in milliseconds.
  You can change the brightness value of a LED independently of the timer
  trigger. However, if you set the brightness value to LED_OFF it will
  also disable the timer trigger.

  
  You can change triggers in a similar manner to the way an IO scheduler
  is chosen (via /sys/class/leds/<device>/trigger). Trigger specific
  parameters can appear in /sys/class/leds/<device> once a given trigger is
  selected.
  
  
  Design Philosophy
  =================
  
  The underlying design philosophy is simplicity. LEDs are simple devices
  and the aim is to keep a small amount of code giving as much functionality
  as possible.  Please keep this in mind when suggesting enhancements.
  
  
  LED Device Naming
  =================
  
  Is currently of the form:

  "devicename:colour:function"

  
  There have been calls for LED properties such as colour to be exported as
  individual led class attributes. As a solution which doesn't incur as much
  overhead, I suggest these become part of the device name. The naming scheme

  above leaves scope for further attributes should they be needed. If sections
  of the name don't apply, just leave that section blank.

  Hardware accelerated blink of LEDs
  ==================================
  
  Some LEDs can be programmed to blink without any CPU interaction. To
  support this feature, a LED driver can optionally implement the

  blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). To set an LED to blinking,

  however, it is better to use the API function led_blink_set(), as it
  will check and implement software fallback if necessary.

  
  To turn off blinking again, use the API function led_brightness_set()
  as that will not just set the LED brightness but also stop any software
  timers that may have been required for blinking.
  
  The blink_set() function should choose a user friendly blinking value
  if it is called with *delay_on==0 && *delay_off==0 parameters. In this
  case the driver should give back the chosen value through delay_on and
  delay_off parameters to the leds subsystem.

  Setting the brightness to zero with brightness_set() callback function
  should completely turn off the LED and cancel the previously programmed
  hardware blinking function, if any.

  Known Issues
  ============
  
  The LED Trigger core cannot be a module as the simple trigger functions
  would cause nightmare dependency issues. I see this as a minor issue
  compared to the benefits the simple trigger functionality brings. The
  rest of the LED subsystem can be modular.

  
  Future Development
  ==================
  
  At the moment, a trigger can't be created specifically for a single LED.
  There are a number of cases where a trigger might only be mappable to a
  particular LED (ACPI?). The addition of triggers provided by the LED driver
  should cover this option and be possible to add without breaking the
  current interface.