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Message-ID: <539DB3DF.5050301@free-electrons.com>
Date:	Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:55:27 +0200
From:	Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
To:	jjhiblot@...phandler.com,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
CC:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] pwm: add support for atmel-hlcdc-pwm device

Hello JJ,

On 15/06/2014 11:11, Jean-Jacques Hiblot wrote:
>
> On 06/09/2014 06:04 PM, Boris BREZILLON wrote:
>> The HLCDC IP available in some Atmel SoCs (i.e. sam9x5i.e. at91sam9n12,
>> at91sam9x5 family or sama5d3 family) provide a PWM device.
>>
>> This driver add support for this PWM device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-hlcdc-pwm.txt    |  40 ++++
>>  drivers/pwm/Kconfig                                |   9 +
>>  drivers/pwm/Makefile                               |   1 +
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-hlcdc.c                      | 216 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>  4 files changed, 266 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-hlcdc-pwm.txt
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-hlcdc.c
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-hlcdc-pwm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-hlcdc-pwm.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..5e2ba87
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-hlcdc-pwm.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
[...]
>> +++ b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
>> @@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ config PWM_ATMEL
>>  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
>>  	  will be called pwm-atmel.
>>  
>> +config PWM_ATMEL_HLCDC_PWM
>> +	tristate "Atmel HLCDC PWM support"
>> +	depends on MFD_ATMEL_HLCDC
> I'd personnaly prefer a 'select' instead of 'depends on' here. Or maybe
> the MFD driver should enabled y defaut for platforms supporting the hlcdc.

I don't have any strong opinion on the "select" vs "depends on" approach.
Does anyone else think we should use a 'select' instead of a 'depends on' ?
I see at least one benefit, we would be able to see the HLCDC_PWM option
even if the HLCDC driver is not enabled.

Best Regards,

Boris


-- 
Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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