linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] leds: pca963x: Fix open-drain initialization

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Date:   Sat, 21 Dec 2019 20:02:40 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Zahari Petkov <zahari@...ena.io>
Cc:     Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] leds: pca963x: Fix open-drain initialization

On Mon 2019-11-18 23:02:55, Zahari Petkov wrote:
> Before commit bb29b9cccd95 ("leds: pca963x: Add bindings to invert
> polarity") Mode register 2 was initialized directly with either 0x01
> or 0x05 for open-drain or totem pole (push-pull) configuration.
> 
> Afterwards, MODE2 initialization started using bitwise operations on
> top of the default MODE2 register value (0x05). Using bitwise OR for
> setting OUTDRV with 0x01 and 0x05 does not produce correct results.
> When open-drain is used, instead of setting OUTDRV to 0, the driver
> keeps it as 1:
> 
> Open-drain: 0x05 | 0x01 -> 0x05 (0b101 - incorrect)
> Totem pole: 0x05 | 0x05 -> 0x05 (0b101 - correct but still wrong)
> 
> Now OUTDRV setting uses correct bitwise operations for initialization:
> 
> Open-drain: 0x05 & ~0x04 -> 0x01 (0b001 - correct)
> Totem pole: 0x05 | 0x04 -> 0x05 (0b101 - correct)
> 
> Additional MODE2 register definitions are introduced now as well.

Thanks, applied.
								Pavel
								
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