linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] pwm: meson: use GENMASK and FIELD

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jun 2019 17:38:08 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Cc:     linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
        thierry.reding@...il.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] pwm: meson: use GENMASK and FIELD_PREP for the
 lo and hi values

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 08:06:15PM +0200, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> meson_pwm_calc() ensures that "lo" is always less than 16 bits wide
> (otherwise it would overflow into the "hi" part of the REG_PWM_{A,B}
> register).
> Use GENMASK and FIELD_PREP for the lo and hi values to make it easier to
> spot how wide these are internally. Additionally this is a preparation
> step for the .get_state() implementation where the GENMASK() for lo and
> hi becomes handy because it can be used with FIELD_GET() to extract the
> values from the register REG_PWM_{A,B} register.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>

Reviewed-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Best regards
Uwe

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