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Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:46:51 +0200
From:   Clemens Gruber <clemens.gruber@pqgruber.com>
To:     Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= 
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        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
        Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@gmail.com>,
        devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/8] dt-bindings: pwm: Support new PWM_USAGE_POWER flag
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On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 06:27:23PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 03:27:41PM +0200, Clemens Gruber wrote:
> > Add the flag and corresponding documentation for PWM_USAGE_POWER.
> 
> My concern here in the previous round was that PWM_USAGE_POWER isn't a
> name that intuitively suggests its semantic. Do you disagree?

No. It is more abstract and requires documentation. But I also didn't
want to waste too much time on discussing names, so I used Thierry's
suggestion.

I guess we need his input on this subject. I can live both with
PWM_ALLOW_PHASE_SHIFTING and PWM_USAGE_POWER, as long as it is
documented well enough.

> 
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Clemens Gruber <clemens.gruber@pqgruber.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt | 3 +++
> >  include/dt-bindings/pwm/pwm.h                 | 1 +
> >  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt
> > index 084886bd721e..fe3a28f887c0 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm.txt
> > @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ period in nanoseconds.
> >  Optionally, the pwm-specifier can encode a number of flags (defined in
> >  <dt-bindings/pwm/pwm.h>) in a third cell:
> >  - PWM_POLARITY_INVERTED: invert the PWM signal polarity
> > +- PWM_USAGE_POWER: Only care about the power output of the signal. This
> > +  allows drivers (if supported) to optimize the signals, for example to
> > +  improve EMI and reduce current spikes.
> 
> IMHO there are too many open questions about which freedom this gives to
> the lowlevel driver. If the consumer requests .duty_cycle = 25ns +
> .period = 100ns, can the driver provide .duty_cycle = 25s + .period =
> 100s which nominally has the same power output? Let's not introduce more
> ambiguity than there already is.
> 
> This is a NAck.
> 
> Best regards
> Uwe
> 
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