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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 06:02:40 +0200
From: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@intel.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] pwm: dwc: Add 16 channel support for Intel
 Elkhart Lake
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 01:26:53PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:30:23PM +0200, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:53:24PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 08:32:36AM +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > > > Intel Elkhart Lake PSE includes two instances of PWM as a single PCI
> > > > function with 8 channels each. Add support for the remaining channels.
> 
> ...
> 
> > > First option: Always provide driver data (info is never NULL).
> > 
> > Allowing empty driver_data would save us from adding dummy info
> > for single instance devices in the future.
> 
> Which may be too premature "optimisation". Why? Because if we ever have
> something like pci_dev_get_match_data(), the empty will mean NULL, and
> we may not get difference between empty and missing one.

Not sure if I'm able to find such a helper as of now, but fair.
I can change it in v2 if Jarkko is okay with it.

Raag