[PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: omap3-overo: Add support for pwm-leds

Florian Vaussard florian.vaussard at epfl.ch
Thu Jan 24 10:42:27 EST 2013


Hi Peter,

>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>> index 89808ce..800be29 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>> @@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
>>   /include/ "omap3.dtsi"
>>
>>   / {
>> -	leds {
>> -		compatible = "gpio-leds";
>> +	pwmleds {
>> +		compatible = "pwm-leds";
>> +
>>   		overo {
>>   			label = "overo:blue:COM";
>> -			gpios = <&twl_gpio 19 0>;
>> -			linux,default-trigger = "mmc0";
>
> You can keep the default trigger for the pwm-leds as well.
> The best way to test this is on top of linux-next which already have the
> leds-pwm DT bindings.
>

I did it at first, but the led API executes in atomic context, where the 
pwm-twl-led driver uses i2c communication. Setting a trigger will result 
in a kernel panic.

I am working on a patch for pwm-twl-led to defer using a workqueue right 
now.

Cheers,

Florian



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