Since label is used dinamically, I added one more optional field, which statically defines the name of a pwm output, in a similar way as gpio framework does. Signed-off-by: Aurelio Colosimo <aurelio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pwm/sysfs.c | 7 ++++++- include/linux/pwm.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c b/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c index 4bd0c63..c1d6064 100644 --- a/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c @@ -198,7 +198,12 @@ static int pwm_export_child(struct device *parent, struct pwm_device *pwm) export->child.parent = parent; export->child.devt = MKDEV(0, 0); export->child.groups = pwm_groups; - dev_set_name(&export->child, "pwm%u", pwm->hwpwm); + + if (pwm->name) + dev_set_name(&export->child, pwm->name, pwm->hwpwm); + else + dev_set_name(&export->child, "pwm%u", pwm->hwpwm); + ret = device_register(&export->child); if (ret) { diff --git a/include/linux/pwm.h b/include/linux/pwm.h index e90628c..9bacf35 100644 --- a/include/linux/pwm.h +++ b/include/linux/pwm.h @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct pwm_device { unsigned int pwm; struct pwm_chip *chip; void *chip_data; + const char *name; /* optional static name for pwm device */ unsigned int period; /* in nanoseconds */ unsigned int duty_cycle; /* in nanoseconds */ -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html