linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] pwm: dwc: Add 16 channel support for Intel Elkhart Lake

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Message-ID: <ZcNt83zD4H3hsCgc@black.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 13:48:35 +0200
From: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@...el.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de, jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com,
	mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com, lakshmi.sowjanya.d@...el.com,
	linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] pwm: dwc: Add 16 channel support for Intel
 Elkhart Lake

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 06:02:46AM +0200, Raag Jadav wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 01:26:53PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:30:23PM +0200, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:53:24PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 08:32:36AM +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > > > > Intel Elkhart Lake PSE includes two instances of PWM as a single PCI
> > > > > function with 8 channels each. Add support for the remaining channels.
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > First option: Always provide driver data (info is never NULL).
> > > 
> > > Allowing empty driver_data would save us from adding dummy info
> > > for single instance devices in the future.
> > 
> > Which may be too premature "optimisation". Why? Because if we ever have
> > something like pci_dev_get_match_data(), the empty will mean NULL, and
> > we may not get difference between empty and missing one.
> 
> Not sure if I'm able to find such a helper as of now, but fair.
> I can change it in v2 if Jarkko is okay with it.

Hi Jarkko,

If you agree with Andy's comments, please let me know.
Will send out a v2 accordingly.

Raag