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
 this case the driver should give back the chosen value through delay_on
 and delay_off parameters to the leds subsystem.
 
-Any call to the brightness_set() callback function should cancel the
-previously programmed hardware blinking function so setting the brightness
-to 0 can also cancel the blinking of the LED.
+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
 
 
        if (count == size) {
                ret = count;
+
+               if (state == LED_OFF)
+                       led_trigger_remove(led_cdev);
                led_set_brightness(led_cdev, state);
        }
 
 
                trigger_name[len - 1] = '\0';
 
        if (!strcmp(trigger_name, "none")) {
-               down_write(&led_cdev->trigger_lock);
-               led_trigger_set(led_cdev, NULL);
-               up_write(&led_cdev->trigger_lock);
+               led_trigger_remove(led_cdev);
                return count;
        }
 
        led_cdev->trigger = trigger;
 }
 
+void led_trigger_remove(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+       down_write(&led_cdev->trigger_lock);
+       led_trigger_set(led_cdev, NULL);
+       up_write(&led_cdev->trigger_lock);
+}
+
 void led_trigger_set_default(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 {
        struct led_trigger *trig;
 
 /* Used by LED Class */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_set);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_remove);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_set_default);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_show);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_store);
 
                led_cdev->brightness_set(led_cdev, value);
 }
 
+static inline int led_get_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+       return led_cdev->brightness;
+}
+
 extern struct rw_semaphore leds_list_lock;
 extern struct list_head leds_list;
 
 void led_trigger_set_default(struct led_classdev *led_cdev);
 void led_trigger_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
                        struct led_trigger *trigger);
+void led_trigger_remove(struct led_classdev *led_cdev);
 #else
 #define led_trigger_set_default(x) do {} while(0)
 #define led_trigger_set(x, y) do {} while(0)
+#define led_trigger_remove(x) do {} while(0)
 #endif
 
 ssize_t led_trigger_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 #include "leds.h"
 
 struct timer_trig_data {
+       int brightness_on;              /* LED brightness during "on" period.
+                                        * (LED_OFF < brightness_on <= LED_FULL)
+                                        */
        unsigned long delay_on;         /* milliseconds on */
        unsigned long delay_off;        /* milliseconds off */
        struct timer_list timer;
 {
        struct led_classdev *led_cdev = (struct led_classdev *) data;
        struct timer_trig_data *timer_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
-       unsigned long brightness = LED_OFF;
-       unsigned long delay = timer_data->delay_off;
+       unsigned long brightness;
+       unsigned long delay;
 
        if (!timer_data->delay_on || !timer_data->delay_off) {
                led_set_brightness(led_cdev, LED_OFF);
                return;
        }
 
-       if (!led_cdev->brightness) {
-               brightness = LED_FULL;
+       brightness = led_get_brightness(led_cdev);
+       if (!brightness) {
+               /* Time to switch the LED on. */
+               brightness = timer_data->brightness_on;
                delay = timer_data->delay_on;
+       } else {
+               /* Store the current brightness value to be able
+                * to restore it when the delay_off period is over.
+                */
+               timer_data->brightness_on = brightness;
+               brightness = LED_OFF;
+               delay = timer_data->delay_off;
        }
 
        led_set_brightness(led_cdev, brightness);
        if (!timer_data)
                return;
 
+       timer_data->brightness_on = led_get_brightness(led_cdev);
+       if (timer_data->brightness_on == LED_OFF)
+               timer_data->brightness_on = LED_FULL;
        led_cdev->trigger_data = timer_data;
 
        init_timer(&timer_data->timer);