Hello Martin,

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:56:31PM +0200, Martin Botka wrote:
> Mo 27. 7. 2020 at 22:10 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:36:51PM +0200, Martin Botka wrote:
> > > +/*
> > > + * pwm_output_type_support()
> > > + * @pwm: PWM device
> > > + *
> > > + * Returns:  output types supported by the PWM device
> > > + */
> > > +static inline int pwm_get_output_type_supported(struct pwm_device *pwm)
> > > +{
> > > +     if (pwm->chip->ops->get_output_type_supported != NULL)
> > > +             return pwm->chip->ops->get_output_type_supported(pwm->chip, pwm);
> > > +     else
> > > +             return PWM_OUTPUT_FIXED;
> > > +}
> >
> > I don't like this "advertising" for specific functions. I'd prefer to
> > handle this in .apply(), fix all drivers to return -ESOMETHING when the
> > request cannot be fulfilled.
> 
> I will have to disagree on this one. As the functions are called in
> multiple places it would just make mess in the driver.

Note this is something where (I think) I don't agree with Thierry
either. This popped up just yesterday, see

	https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pwm/msg13290.html

For sure I want at most one such function per driver, so if we really
want to go this path and introduce a capability indicator, this should
be named differently and have a different prototype.

> As the driver is even now not exactly the definition of clean driver i
> would not like to make it even more messy.

> > Having said that I wonder if this output pattern is a common enough
> > property to add support for it in the PWM framework.
> >
> 
> I have gotten an email from Guru Das Srinagesh regarding this exact
> issue you are pointing to. Yes the output pattern will be dropped in
> V2.

That's good.

Best regards
Uwe

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