From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Hilman Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add OMAP Support for Generic PWM Devices using Dual-mode Timers Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:52:32 -0800 Message-ID: <87hbfhcagv.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]:58458 "EHLO mail-yw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755393Ab0KPTwh (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:52:37 -0500 Received: by ywg8 with SMTP id 8so630692ywg.19 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:52:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Grant Erickson's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:39:42 -0800") Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Grant Erickson Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Tony Lindgren Grant Erickson writes: [...] >> Before something like this can merge, I would rather see >> >> 1) generic PWM framework pushed along and merged >> 2) the dmtimer hwmod conversion finished >> >> Yes, I know it's a lot more work to fix the core/framework code before >> having a feature included, but having something more generic that can >> actually support multiple PWM sources is clearly needed. > > No disagreement on the long-term architectural and design goals. All good > stuff. > > However, patches have to be submitted against the repository and branch we > have today, not those we might have tomorrow. This comment is where we diverge. An alternative to waiting for the generic framework cleanup/refactor work is to contribute to it and help it along. Kevin