[RFC] add pwmlib support
arden jay
arden.jay at gmail.com
Sat Jan 29 22:49:32 EST 2011
Sorry, I'm confused about this.
If it is for backlight control, why it don't go through led_class?
Do I miss anything?
2011/1/30 Wolfram Sang <w.sang at pengutronix.de>:
>
>> > code is inspired by gpiolib support and tested using the backlight pwm
> ^^^^^^^^^
>> So I believe that hwmon drivers are out of scope for pwmlib. Which
>> makes me wonder what you intend to do with pwmlib (back to my first
>> question...) as the only use I know of for PWM signals in computers is
>> for fan control.
>
> It was meant for backlight control (was mentioned very indirectly).
> I also pointed him to Bill's implementation, too.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wolfram
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cheers,
jay
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