Re: [PATCH 1/2] pwm: Add __weak attributed functions for pwm operations

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 01:00:31AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 06:13:21PM +0530, Mohan Pallaka wrote:
> > For chip drivers that support both pwm and non-pwm modes
> > would encounter compilation errors if the platform doesn't
> > have support for pwm though the chip is programmed to work
> > in non-pwm mode. Add __weak attributed pwm functions to avoid
> > compilation issues in these scenarios.
> > 
> 
> Russell,
> 
> You seem to have authored pwm.h, do you have any objections to this
> change?

This seems to be a recipe for an oops.  Have a look at how
linux/regulator/consumer.h deals with this kind of problem, and notice
that we have CONFIG_HAVE_PWM to indicate whether this interface is
supported or not.
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