Re: [PATCH] pwm: Move AB8500 PWM driver to PWM framework

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Fri Sep 07 2012 - 09:22:11 EST


On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 01:28:44PM +0200, Arun MURTHY wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-
> > design.de> wrote:
> >
> > > This commit moves the driver to drivers/pwm and converts it to the new
> > > PWM framework.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Note: I'll take this through the PWM tree, but I'd like to have it
> > > acknowledged by a few people who know the hardware and can actually
> > > test whether this still works.
> >
> > Pls include Arun on these patches, he'll know best if it'll work or not.
> >
> > I have one generic question: will this alter the layout of sysfs so we need to
> > change userspace? I had such issues before when moving drivers to new
> > busses...
> >
>
> Since this pwm framework is still a set of exported functions in a header file,
> the file architecture doesn't really matter.
> Using this driver, either leds-pwm and backlight-pwm is used to register and
> this is where actual registration happens(sysfs entry is created).

Hi Arun,

Have you been able to verify, then, that the driver still works after
this patch? Can I add your Acked-by as well?

Thierry

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