Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] pwm: Add count to sysfs for Intel PWM driver

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 01:14:54PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 01:46:09PM +0530, vishakha.joshi@intel.com wrote:
> > From: Vishakha Joshi <vishakha.joshi@intel.com>

...

> >  struct pwm_state {
> >  	u64 period;
> >  	u64 duty_cycle;
> > +	u32 count;
> >  	enum pwm_polarity polarity;
> >  	bool enabled;
> >  	bool usage_power;
> 
> This needs more documentation about what the semantic should be. E.g.
> what should .get_state return?

Good point. I guess ideally we should return the amount of the periods we still
need to produce, but I'm not sure if it can be done cleanly.

It would probably require a timer to be run in parallel, hence almost full
software implementation of the feature. (This answers the second concern)

> Also I doubt this is a good idea given that most controllers cannot
> implement it.
> 
> If we really want to support a count, I request that all drivers that
> don't support it get updated to refuse a request with count != 0.

Hmm... Not sure it worth it, perhaps taking into account above the -1
(in unsigned type) returned on ->get_state() can suffice as not supporting
feature?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko