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leds: we don't want people to use LED subsystem for vibrations
Remove notes about vibrations, as that is better done using input subsystem. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ set a timer to hold a state, however when user space application crashes or
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goes away without deactivating the timer, the hardware will be left in that
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state permanently.
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As a specific example of this use-case, let's look at vibrate feature on
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phones. Vibrate function on phones is implemented using PWM pins on SoC or
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PMIC. There is a need to activate one shot timer to control the vibrate
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feature, to prevent user space crashes leaving the phone in vibrate mode
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permanently causing the battery to drain.
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Transient trigger addresses the need for one shot timer activation. The
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transient trigger can be enabled and disabled just like the other leds
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triggers.
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@ -159,7 +153,6 @@ repeat the following step as needed::
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This trigger is intended to be used for the following example use cases:
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- Control of vibrate (phones, tablets etc.) hardware by user space app.
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- Use of LED by user space app as activity indicator.
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- Use of LED by user space app as a kind of watchdog indicator -- as
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long as the app is alive, it can keep the LED illuminated, if it dies
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