Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] PWM: add pwm framework support | Date | Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:00:28 +0200 |
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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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