Re: [PATCH 1/2] PWM: add pwm framework support

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Jun 29 2011 - 07:01:01 EST


On Wednesday 29 June 2011, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> The other type is some mfd drivers which implement the pwm API themselves
> right now. These are currently incompatible with the pwm framework anyway.
> If a board wants to connect the mfd pwm to its backlight, the current
> pwm_request based on an integer id is not suitable anymore. We need
> a (struct device *dev, char *id) based pwm_request function then.
> So my plan is to change the pwm API once we have all in tree drivers
> in drivers/pwm.

Ok, sounds good. I don't much like the idea of using a string identifier
for this, but let's discuss that when we get there. Using fixed numbers
for the first version seems totally reasonable, as it keeps the existing
API.

Arnd
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