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@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ there only has been the barebone API meaning that each driver has
to implement the pwm_*() functions itself. This means that it's impossible
to have multiple PWM drivers in the system. For this reason it's mandatory
for new drivers to use the generic PWM framework.
-A new PWM device can be added using pwmchip_add() and removed again with
-pwmchip_remove(). pwmchip_add() takes a filled in struct pwm_chip as
-argument which provides the ops and the pwm id to the framework.
+
+A new PWM controller/chip can be added using pwmchip_add() and removed
+again with pwmchip_remove(). pwmchip_add() takes a filled in struct
+pwm_chip as argument which provides a description of the PWM chip, the
+number of PWM devices provider by the chip and the chip-specific
+implementation of the supported PWM operations to the framework.
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