Re: [PATCH v10 2/2] pwm: sifive: Add a driver for SiFive SoC PWM

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:52:12PM +0530, Yash Shah wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 3:16 AM Uwe Kleine-König
> <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 05:17:14PM +0530, Yash Shah wrote:
> > > +     val = PWM_SIFIVE_PWMCFG_EN_ALWAYS |
> > > +           FIELD_PREP(PWM_SIFIVE_PWMCFG_SCALE, scale);
> > > +     writel(val, pwm->regs + PWM_SIFIVE_PWMCFG);
> >
> > Starting with this write the new period length might be active with the
> > previous duty cycle. Is this worth a comment? I think the window where
> > this can actually happen should be made as small as possible, so it
> > would be great to first calculate both register values and then write
> > them in two consecutive writels.
> 
> The comment for this scenario has already been mentioned under the
> limitation on top of this driver.
> Anyway, I will try to implement your suggestion of consecutive writes

Yeah, the comment at the top is for general information about the
shortcomings. The comment here would be to say: The problem occurs *here*.

Best regards
Uwe

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