Re: [PATCH v11 10/12] backlight: pwm_bl: Use 64-bit division function

From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Guru Das Srinagesh <gurus@codeaurora.org>,
	Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>,
	linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org, Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Subbaraman Narayanamurthy <subbaram@codeaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 10/12] backlight: pwm_bl: Use 64-bit division function
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:26:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200415092638.GG2167633@dell> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200324144307.kxhqzyjj4evrouqa@pengutronix.de>

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 02:24:41PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 01:57:35PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > Hello Lee,
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:07:10AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 20 Mar 2020, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Since the PWM framework is switching struct pwm_state.period's datatype
> > > > > > > to u64, prepare for this transition by using div_u64 to handle a 64-bit
> > > > > > > dividend instead of a straight division operation.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > > > > > > Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
> > > > > > > Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
> > > > > > > Cc: linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > > > Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> > > > > > > Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Guru Das Srinagesh <gurus@codeaurora.org>
> > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 3 ++-
> > > > > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Can this patch be taken on its own?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hellooooo ...
> > > > 
> > > > Conceptually it can. As the last patch depends on this one (and the
> > > > others) some coordination might be beneficial. But that's up to Thierry
> > > > to decide how (and if) he want this series to be applied.
> > > 
> > > ... and on the backlight side we definitely need to know about the "if"
> > > otherwise there's no point in taking it.
> > 
> > Right.
> > 
> > I'm happy to wait for Thierry.  Although this isn't the only set he's
> > currently blocking.  Is he okay?  On holiday perhaps?
> 
> The newest commit by him in next is from last week. My guess is he
> just didn't come around yet to care for the PWM duties.

Looks like we missed the last release.

Let's hope we don't miss the next one also.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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