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authorMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2012-08-26 13:58:41 -0300
committerMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2012-08-26 13:58:41 -0300
commitc78aa4c4b94b5b148be576a9f1570e31fe282b46 (patch)
tree6d5801eb3e60bcec6a91c7b13a334c6d2ea11b05 /drivers/pwm/Kconfig
parent90993cdd1800dc6ef9587431a0c625b978584e81 (diff)
parent9acb172543aecb783e2e1e53e3f447d4c0f5c150 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into queue
Merging critical fixes from upstream required for development. * upstream/master: (809 commits) libata: Add a space to " 2GB ATA Flash Disk" DMA blacklist entry Revert "powerpc: Update g5_defconfig" powerpc/perf: Use pmc_overflow() to detect rolled back events powerpc: Fix VMX in interrupt check in POWER7 copy loops powerpc: POWER7 copy_to_user/copy_from_user patch applied twice powerpc: Fix personality handling in ppc64_personality() powerpc/dma-iommu: Fix IOMMU window check powerpc: Remove unnecessary ifdefs powerpc/kgdb: Restore current_thread_info properly powerpc/kgdb: Bail out of KGDB when we've been triggered powerpc/kgdb: Do not set kgdb_single_step on ppc powerpc/mpic_msgr: Add missing includes powerpc: Fix null pointer deref in perf hardware breakpoints powerpc: Fixup whitespace in xmon powerpc: Fix xmon dl command for new printk implementation xfs: check for possible overflow in xfs_ioc_trim xfs: unlock the AGI buffer when looping in xfs_dialloc xfs: fix uninitialised variable in xfs_rtbuf_get() powerpc/fsl: fix "Failed to mount /dev: No such device" errors powerpc/fsl: update defconfigs ... Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/pwm/Kconfig b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
index 8fc3808d7a3..90c5c7357a5 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