linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pwm: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti SoC PWM support

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Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 09:59:20 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <nobuhiro1.iwamatsu@...hiba.co.jp>
Cc:     linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, punit1.agrawal@...hiba.co.jp,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, yuji2.ishikawa@...hiba.co.jp,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pwm: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti SoC PWM
 support

Hello Nobuhiro,

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:15:48AM +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * pwmc is a 2-bit divider for the input clock running at 1 MHz.
> > > +	 * When the settings of the PWM are modified, the new values are shadowed in hardware until
> > > +	 * the period register (PCSR) is written and the currently running period is completed. This
> > > +	 * way the hardware switches atomically from the old setting to the new.
> > > +	 * Also, disabling the hardware completes the currently running period and keeps the output
> > > +	 * at low level at all times.
> > 
> > Did you just copy my optimal description or is your hardware really that
> > nice?
> 
> Yes, this hardware works as you wrote.
> And I added about the state if the sinnal when this hardware disabled.
> 
> > 
> > Do you know scripts/checkpatch.pl? I bet it will tell you to limit your
> > lines to approx. 80 chars where sensible.
> 
> Yes, I know. I ran scripts/checkpatch.pl before send patch.
> I understand that the number of characters per line has been changed to
> 100 characters. Does the pwm driver recommend 80 characters?

For free-text comments I'd still recommend 80, yes. For code lines I'd
be indeed more lax, as a line break in function calls reduces readability.

Best regards
Uwe

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