[PATCH 1/7] pwm: Add pwm core driver

Jassi Brar jassisinghbrar at gmail.com
Fri Oct 1 03:42:48 EDT 2010


On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Arun MURTHY <arun.murthy at stericsson.com> wrote:
> You can have a look at the pwm_config_nosleep(),pwm_set_polarity(),
> pwm_synchronize(),pwm_unsynchronize(), pwm_set_handler() etc.
> These are not being used by the exsting pwm drivers except Atmel pwm.
How would your 'simple' driver handle Atmel then ?
What if future's SoCs start providing those 'advance' features like Atmel's ?

> I mean not the functions but the functionality.
> PWM is a simple device and most of its clients are controlling intensity
> of backlight, leds, vibrator etc.
> I don't think these complex functionality are required.
oh dear !



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