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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-08-27 07:15:30 -0700 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-08-27 07:15:30 -0700 |
commit | a7bdf7fa33127bf08eb0810698bca607a9462df4 (patch) | |
tree | 2f4be686e49710d10cc4f5ebc2d5f06ae030b9bd /drivers/pwm/Kconfig | |
parent | 7fda953ffed1b94aa68f80c6c3ab312328aedcb3 (diff) | |
parent | fea7a08acb13524b47711625eebea40a0ede69a0 (diff) | |
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Merge v3.6-rc3 into usb-next
This picks up fixes that we need in this branch for testing.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/Kconfig b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig index 8fc3808d7a3e..90c5c7357a50 100644 --- a/drivers/pwm/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig @@ -1,12 +1,31 @@ menuconfig PWM - bool "PWM Support" + bool "Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Support" depends on !MACH_JZ4740 && !PUV3_PWM help - This enables PWM support through the generic PWM framework. - You only need to enable this, if you also want to enable - one or more of the PWM drivers below. - - If unsure, say N. + Generic Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) support. + + In Pulse-Width Modulation, a variation of the width of pulses + in a rectangular pulse signal is used as a means to alter the + average power of the signal. Applications include efficient + power delivery and voltage regulation. In computer systems, + PWMs are commonly used to control fans or the brightness of + display backlights. + + This framework provides a generic interface to PWM devices + within the Linux kernel. On the driver side it provides an API + to register and unregister a PWM chip, an abstraction of a PWM + controller, that supports one or more PWM devices. Client + drivers can request PWM devices and use the generic framework + to configure as well as enable and disable them. + + This generic framework replaces the legacy PWM framework which + allows only a single driver implementing the required API. Not + all legacy implementations have been ported to the framework + yet. The framework provides an API that is backward compatible + with the legacy framework so that existing client drivers + continue to work as expected. + + If unsure, say no. if PWM |