Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] led: ledtrig-transient: add support for hrtimer

[Pavel Machek]

On Wed 2017-09-13 14:20:58, David Lin wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > > These patch series add the LED_BRIGHTNESS_FAST flag support for
> > > ledtrig-transient to use hrtimer so that platforms with high-resolution timer
> > > support can have better accuracy in the trigger duration timing. The need for
> > > this support is driven by the fact that Android has removed the timed_ouput [1]
> > > and is now using led-trigger for handling vibrator control which requires the
> > > timer to be accurate up to a millisecond. However, this flag support would also
> > > allow hrtimer to co-exist with the ktimer without causing warning to the
> > > existing drivers [2].
> >
> > NAK.
> >
> > LEDs do not need extra overhead, and vibrator control should not go
> > through LED subsystem.
> >
> > Input subsystem includes support for vibrations and force
> > feedback. Please use that instead.
> 
> I thought we are already over this discussion. As of now, the support
> of vibrator through ledtrig is documented
> (Documentation/leds/ledtrig-transient.txt) and there are users using
> it.

I also thought we are over with that discussion.

Yes, I'm working on fixing the docs.

What mainline users are doing that?

									Pavel
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