linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/8] pwm: pca9685: Switch to atomic API

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Date:   Sat, 17 Apr 2021 17:37:28 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Clemens Gruber <clemens.gruber@...ruber.com>
Cc:     linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/8] pwm: pca9685: Switch to atomic API

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 03:27:38PM +0200, Clemens Gruber wrote:
> The switch to the atomic API goes hand in hand with a few fixes to
> previously experienced issues:
> - The duty cycle is no longer lost after disable/enable (previously the
>   OFF registers were cleared in disable and the user was required to
>   call config to restore the duty cycle settings)
> - If one sets a period resulting in the same prescale register value,
>   the sleep and write to the register is now skipped
> - Previously, only the full ON bit was toggled in GPIO mode (and full
>   OFF cleared if set to high), which could result in both full OFF and
>   full ON not being set and on=0, off=0, which is not allowed according
>   to the datasheet
> - The OFF registers were reset to 0 in probe, which could lead to the
>   forbidden on=0, off=0. Fixed by resetting to POR default (full OFF)

I didn't recheck all details, but the patch is definitively an
improvement, so:

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

Best regards
Uwe

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