On 09/20/2017 01:29 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: >>>>> I'd leave the decision to the user. We could add a note to the >>>>> Documentation/leds/ledtrig-transient.txt that force feedback interface >>>>> should be preferable choice for driving vibrate devices. >>>>> However only if following conditions are met: >>>> >>>> What I meant is that it is my decision, as a LED subsystem maintainer, >>>> to accept the addition of a note about some other subsystem offering >>>> an equivalent or even better substitute of the feature being available >>>> in the subsystem I am responsible for. And I will accept such a patch >>>> only if mentioned conditions are met. >>> >>> Having the wording in documentation does not in any way stops Android >>> folks from continuing [ab]using the transient trigger. But this is >>> their choice. The purpose of documentation is to document the best >>> practices, not all possible crazy solutions one can come up with. >> >> Yes. but if the information has been in place for years, we can't >> just remove it without giving an instruction on how to use the >> substitute. > > I gave you information how to use the substitute. That information was quite vague. I'd like to see a sample application in tools/input. > I already suggested patch to documentation. If you do the same, maybe > we can agree on documentation update. Your patch was just removing few lines of documentation. I'd expect more empathic approach to the current users, i.e.: - pointer to the sample application in tools/input showing how to setup gpio driven vibrate device with use of ff interface with 1kHz vibration frequency. -- Best regards, Jacek Anaszewski -- 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