This patch series extends the existing PWM API into something more
generic, and adds support for hotplugging. A driver for the Atmel
SAM9263 PWMC peripheral is provided, as well as a "leds-pwm" wedge
and an "led-dim" trigger that allow the LED API to take advantage
of this new API. The code has been run-tested on a SAM9263 platform,
the OMAP3430 Beagleboard platform, and a few others.
The motivation for creating this API is the author's need for hotpluggable
PWM devices, including i2c GPIO expander chips. The existing PWM API's
use of integers to enumerate PWM channels was problematic for generic
hotplug situations, so the new API creates pwm_device and pwm_channel
structures. Under the new API, PWM channels are identified by the platform
device's bus_id plus an integer channel selector for that device.
The API does not deal with I/O line multiplexing. It assumes that the
platform code or bootloader have set up the output lines as necessary.
The proposed API targets the most basic capabilities required by PWM signals,
namely the ability to vary the period and duty cycle of the waveform. The
author believes that other, more-sophisticated features like channel
synchronization, frequency slewing, end-of-period interrupts, etc. that
are necessary for applications like motor control can be added without
substantially altering the proposed API. Testing of these features
will in some cases require hardware that the author does not currently have
access to. (Hint, hint).
The author wishes to express his appreciation to Russell King, David Brownell,
Ulf Samuelsson, Eric Maio, Haavard Skinnemoen, and others who helped him
formulate the API and reviewed early releases of the code.
Bill Gatliff (5):
API to consolidate PWM devices behind a common user and kernel
interface
Emulates PWM hardware using a high-resolution timer and a GPIO pin
Expunge old Atmel PWMC driver, replacing it with one that conforms to
the PWM API
An LED "dimmer" trigger, which uses the PWM API to vary the
brightness of an LED according to system load
Incorporate PWM API code into KBuild
Documentation/pwm.txt | 258 ++++++++++++++++
drivers/Kconfig | 2 +
drivers/Makefile | 2 +
drivers/leds/Kconfig | 32 ++-
drivers/leds/Makefile | 3 +
drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c | 224 ++++++++-------
drivers/leds/ledtrig-dim.c | 95 ++++++
drivers/misc/Makefile | 6 +-
drivers/misc/atmel_pwm.c | 409 --------------------------
drivers/pwm/Kconfig | 30 ++
drivers/pwm/Makefile | 7 +
drivers/pwm/atmel-pwm.c | 633 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/pwm/gpio.c | 318 ++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/pwm/pwm.c | 692 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/pwm-led.h | 34 +++
include/linux/pwm.h | 179 ++++++++++--
16 files changed, 2384 insertions(+), 540 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/pwm.txt
create mode 100644 drivers/leds/ledtrig-dim.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/misc/atmel_pwm.c
create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/Kconfig
create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/Makefile
create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/atmel-pwm.c
create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/gpio.c
create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/pwm.c
create mode 100644 include/linux/pwm-led.h
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