[v3 2/3] pwm: Add Aspeed ast2600 PWM support

Billy Tsai billy_tsai at aspeedtech.com
Mon Nov 7 19:47:35 AEDT 2022


On 2022/11/2, 11:56 PM, "Biju Das" <biju.das.jz at bp.renesas.com> wrote:

    > > +	parent_dev = of_find_device_by_node(np);
    > > +	priv->clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(&parent_dev->dev, NULL);
    > > +	if (IS_ERR(priv->clk))
    > > +		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(priv->clk),
    > > +				     "Couldn't get clock\n");

    > What is the use case?

    > Is pwm configured by boot loader initially ?

    > Or

    > pwm configured by Linux, not by the bootloader initially?

    > Or

    > Driver needs to handle both cases?

    > Just asking, because you are turning on the clock unnecessarily here,
    > If you need to address all the use cases. If it is just first one, then
    > It is ok.

Hi Biju,

The driver want to handle all of the use cases. Can you tell me why turning on the clock
is unnecessarily here?

Thanks

Best Regards,
Billy Tsai





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