Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] pwm: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti SoC PWM support

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Hello Nobuhiro,

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 05:07:21PM +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 09:02:32AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:55:36AM +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 03:53:21PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > Can you please put a paragraph analogous to the one in pwm-sifive in the
> > > > same format. This simplified keeping an overview about the oddities of
> > > > the various supported chips.
> > > 
> > > OK, I will check pwm-sifive's, and add.
> 
> I will add the following :
> 
>  * Limitations:
>  * - PIPGM_PWMC is a 2-bit divider (00: 1, 01: 2, 10: 4, 11: 8) for the input
>  *   clock running at 1 MHz.

I would strip that to:

 - Fixed input clock running at 1 MHz

>  * - When the settings of the PWM are modified, the new values are shadowed
>  *   in hardware until the PIPGM_PCSR register is written and the currently
>  *   running period is completed. This way the hardware switches atomically
>  *   from the old setting to the new.
>  * - Disabling the hardware completes the currently running period and keeps
>  *   the output at low level at all times.

This looks fine.
 
> > For me the critical (and only) difference between "off" and
> > "duty cycle = 0" is that when a new configuration is to be applied. In
> > the "off" state a new period can (and should) start immediately, while
> > with "duty_cycle = 0" the rising edge should be delayed until the
> > currently running period is over.[1]
> > 
> > So the thing to do here (IMHO) is:
> > 
> > Iff with PIPGM_PCSR = 0 configuring a new setting (that is finalized
> > with writing a non-zero value to PIPGM_PCSR) completes the currently
> > running period, then always assume the PWM as enabled.
> 
> Yes, this device works that way.

OK, then please use

	state->enabled = true

unconditionally in visconti_pwm_get_state().

Best regards
Uwe

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