Re: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: pm8350c: Add pwm support

skakit
2021-09-09T06:11:35Z

On 2021-09-08 22:38, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Wed 08 Sep 08:29 PDT 2021, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 02:37:39PM +0530, skakit@codeaurora.org wrote:
>> > On 2021-09-07 23:46, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
>> > > On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 04:11:07PM +0530, satya priya wrote:
>> > > > Add pwm support for PM8350C pmic.
>> > > >
>> > > > Signed-off-by: satya priya <skakit@codeaurora.org>
>> > > > ---
>> > > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/pm8350c.dtsi | 6 ++++++
>> > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>> > > >
>> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/pm8350c.dtsi
>> > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/pm8350c.dtsi
>> > > > index e1b75ae..ecdae55 100644
>> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/pm8350c.dtsi
>> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/pm8350c.dtsi
>> > > > @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
>> > > > interrupt-controller;
>> > > > #interrupt-cells = <2>;
>> > > > };
>> > > > +
>> > > > + pm8350c_pwm4: pwm {
>> > >
>> > > What does the '4' represent, an internal channel number? It should
>> > > probably be omitted if the PM8350 only has a single output PWM
>> > > port.
>> > >
>> >
>> > pm8350c has four PWMs, but I think we can drop the '4' here.
>>
>> Why is only one PWM exposed if the PMIC has for of them? Why number 4
>> and not one of the others?
>

pwm4 is used for backlight support on kodiak crd board, so I mentioned
4, thinking 4 nodes should be present for 4 pwms.
but I see that we need to represent all the four channels as one node.
will drop the '4' in next version.

Thanks,
Satya Priya

> The node should represent all 4 channels, which ones the board uses is
> captured in how they are bound to other clients - or defines as LEDs by
> additional child nodes.
>
> Regards,
> Bjorn