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author | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2012-09-05 07:17:31 (GMT) |
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committer | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2012-09-05 07:17:31 (GMT) |
commit | 14e42917216ab0859827c2d8024df45a917301b4 (patch) | |
tree | efbea5d1c54387d62a6fd66a21560232cf312fda /drivers/pwm/Kconfig | |
parent | 292f2b6254c9dbb98def6d3521b07a837545ead0 (diff) | |
parent | 4266274836e81575ee82498d84f4bd08ab7a7378 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-14e42917216ab0859827c2d8024df45a917301b4.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel into for-next
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 8fc3808..90c5c73 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 |