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Date:   Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:50:37 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] pwm: meson: fix scheduling while atomic issue
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Hello,

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 09:41:53AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> If you want to implement further cleanups, my questions and propositions
> are:
> 
>  - Is there a publicly available manual for this hardware? If yes, you
>    can add a link to it in the header of the driver.
> 
>  - Why do you handle reparenting of the PWM's clk in .request? Wouldn't
>    this be more suitable in .apply?
> 
>  - Does stopping the PWM (i.e. clearing MISC_{A,B}_EN in the MISC_AB
>    register) freeze the output, or is the currently running period
>    completed first? (The latter is the right behaviour.)
> 
>  - Please point out in the header that for changing period/duty
>    cycle/polarity the hardware must be stopped. (I suggest to apply the
>    style used in https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pwm/msg09262.html
>    for some consistency.)

Another thing I just noted: The .get_state callback only sets .enabled
but nothing of the remaining information is provided.

Best regards
Uwe

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