Re: [PATCH 03/10] pwm: sunxi: Yield some time to the pwm-block to become ready

[Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:32:34PM +0100, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
> The pwm-block of some of the sunxi chips feature a 'ready' flag to
> indicate the software that it is ready for new commands.
> 
> Right now, when we call pwm_config and set the period, we write the
> values to the registers, and turn off the clock to the IP. Because of
> this, the hardware does not have time to configure the hardware and set
> the 'ready' flag.
> 
> By running the clock just before making new changes and before checking
> if the hardware is ready, the hardware has time to reconfigure itself
> and set the clear the flag appropriately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olliver Schinagl <o.schinagl@ultimaker.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

This looks okay to me (except for one minor thing I noticed, see below),
but I'd like an Acked-by from one of the sunxi people. Maxime, any
comments on this?

> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
> index 58ff424..4d84d9d 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
> @@ -104,6 +104,22 @@ static int sun4i_pwm_config(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
>  	u64 clk_rate, div = 0;
>  	unsigned int prescaler = 0;
>  	int err;
> +	int ret = 0;

Why not reuse err?

Thierry

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