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author | Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> | 2012-08-26 13:58:41 -0300 |
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committer | Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> | 2012-08-26 13:58:41 -0300 |
commit | c78aa4c4b94b5b148be576a9f1570e31fe282b46 (patch) | |
tree | 6d5801eb3e60bcec6a91c7b13a334c6d2ea11b05 /drivers/pwm/Kconfig | |
parent | 90993cdd1800dc6ef9587431a0c625b978584e81 (diff) | |
parent | 9acb172543aecb783e2e1e53e3f447d4c0f5c150 (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
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Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/pwm/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/pwm/Kconfig | 31 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
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 |