Re: [PATCH v9 5/8] iio: adc: ad4030: Add SPI offload support

[Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@gmail.com>]

Hi Jonathan

On 02/22, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:00:39 -0300
> Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt@analog.com> wrote:
> 
> > AD4030 and similar ADCs can capture data at sample rates up to 2 mega
> > samples per second (MSPS). Not all SPI controllers are able to achieve such
> > high throughputs and even when the controller is fast enough to run
> > transfers at the required speed, it may be costly to the CPU to handle
> > transfer data at such high sample rates. Add SPI offload support for AD4030
> > and similar ADCs to enable data capture at maximum sample rates.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Axel Haslam <ahaslam@baylibre.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Axel Haslam <ahaslam@baylibre.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt@analog.com>
> 
...

> > +static int ad4030_pwm_get(struct ad4030_state *st)
> > +{
> > +	struct device *dev = &st->spi->dev;
> > +
> > +	st->cnv_trigger = devm_pwm_get(dev, NULL);
> > +	if (IS_ERR(st->cnv_trigger))
> > +		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(st->cnv_trigger),
> > +				     "Failed to get CNV PWM\n");
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Preemptively disable the PWM, since we only want to enable it with
> > +	 * the buffer.
> > +	 */
> > +	pwm_disable(st->cnv_trigger);
> 
> Feels like there should really be a way to get a pwm disabled in one call
> so there isn't an edge case of it being on briefly.
> I'm a bit surprised it defaults to on.  I guess this is because DT can provide
> the parameters?
> 
Not really. DT doesn't specify any initial state for the PWM. It might, though,
be left enabled if another device was using it previously. Not a thing I've
ever seen during tests, but it may in theory happen.

We may have devm_pwm_get_disabled(). In IIO, ad7625 and this ad4030 would be
the users of such interface. Would you like me to propose that one?

Thanks,
Marcelo