On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:52:21AM +0000, Billy Tsai wrote: > Hi Uwe, > > On 2021/7/16, 6:13 PM, "Uwe Kleine-König" wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 09:22:22AM +0000, Billy Tsai wrote: > >> On 2021/7/16, 3:10 PM, "Uwe Kleine-König" wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 01:48:20AM +0000, Billy Tsai wrote: > >> >> On 2021/7/15, 11:06 PM, "Uwe Kleine-König" > wrote: > >> >> > Another is: The PWM doesn't support duty_cycle 0, on such a request the > >> >> > PWM is disabled which results in a constant inactive level. > >> >> > >> >> > (This is correct, is it? Or does it yield a constant 0 level?) > >> >> > >> >> Our pwm can support duty_cycle 0 by unset CLK_ENABLE. > >> > >> > This has a slightly different semantic though. Some consumer might > >> > expect that the following sequence: > >> > >> > pwm_apply(mypwm, { .period = 10000, .duty_cycle = 10000, .enabled = true }) > >> > pwm_apply(mypwm, { .period = 10000, .duty_cycle = 0, .enabled = true }) > >> > pwm_apply(mypwm, { .period = 10000, .duty_cycle = 10000, .enabled = true }) > >> > >> > results in the output being low for an integer multiple of 10 µs. This > >> > isn't given with setting CLK_ENABLE to zero, is it? (I didn't recheck, > >> > if the PWM doesn't complete periods on reconfiguration this doesn't > >> > matter much though.) > >> Thanks for the explanation. > >> Our hardware actually can only support duty from 1/256 to 256/256. > >> For this situation I can do possible solution: > >> We can though change polarity to meet this requirement. Inverse the pin and use > >> duty_cycle 100. > >> But I think this is not a good solution for this problem right? > > > If this doesn't result in more glitches that would be fine for me. > > (Assuming it is documented good enough in the code to be > > understandable.) > > > The polarity of our pwm controller will affect the duty cycle range: > > PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED : Support duty_cycle from 0% to 99% > > PWM_POLARITY_NORMAL: Support duty_cycle from 1% to 100% > > Dynamic change polarity will result in more glitches. Thus, this will become > > a trade-off between 100% and 0% duty_cycle support for user to use our pwm device. > > I will document it and send next patch. > > For handling the situation that the user want to set the duty cycle to 0%, the driver can: > 1. Just return the error. > 2. Use the minimum duty cycle value. > I don't know which solution will be the better way or others. > I would be grateful if you can give me some suggestion about this problem. I thought if you disable the PWM it emits the inactive level? Then this is the best you can do if duty_cycle = 0 is requested. Best regards Uwe -- Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | Industrial Linux Solutions | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |