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diff --git a/Documentation/leds/ledtrig-transient.rst b/Documentation/leds/ledtrig-transient.rst index d921dc830cd0..63072f310660 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds/ledtrig-transient.rst +++ b/Documentation/leds/ledtrig-transient.rst @@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ set a timer to hold a state, however when user space application crashes or goes away without deactivating the timer, the hardware will be left in that state permanently. -As a specific example of this use-case, let's look at vibrate feature on -phones. Vibrate function on phones is implemented using PWM pins on SoC or -PMIC. There is a need to activate one shot timer to control the vibrate -feature, to prevent user space crashes leaving the phone in vibrate mode -permanently causing the battery to drain. - Transient trigger addresses the need for one shot timer activation. The transient trigger can be enabled and disabled just like the other leds triggers. @@ -157,9 +151,8 @@ repeat the following step as needed:: echo 1 > activate - start timer = duration to run once echo none > trigger -This trigger is intended to be used for for the following example use cases: +This trigger is intended to be used for the following example use cases: - - Control of vibrate (phones, tablets etc.) hardware by user space app. - Use of LED by user space app as activity indicator. - Use of LED by user space app as a kind of watchdog indicator -- as long as the app is alive, it can keep the LED illuminated, if it dies |