Re: [PATCH 13/14] pwm: meson: add support PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED when disabling

From: Neil Armstrong
Date: Mon May 27 2019 - 08:37:10 EST


On 25/05/2019 20:11, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> meson_pwm_apply() has to consider the PWM polarity when disabling the
> output.
> With enabled=false and polarity=PWM_POLARITY_NORMAL the output needs to
> be LOW. The driver already supports this.
> With enabled=false and polarity=PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED the output needs
> to be HIGH. Implement this in the driver by internally enabling the
> output with the same settings that we already use for "period == duty".
>
> This fixes a PWM API violation which expects that the driver honors the
> polarity also for enabled=false. Due to the IP block not supporting this
> natively we only get "an as close as possible" to 100% HIGH signal (in
> my test setup with input clock of 24MHz and measuring the output with a
> logic analyzer at 24MHz sampling rate I got a duty cycle of 99.998475%
> on a Khadas VIM).
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c
> index 900d362ec3c9..bb48ba85f756 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c
> @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ static void meson_pwm_disable(struct meson_pwm *meson, struct pwm_device *pwm)
> static int meson_pwm_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> struct pwm_state *state)
> {
> + struct meson_pwm_channel *channel = pwm_get_chip_data(pwm);
> struct meson_pwm *meson = to_meson_pwm(chip);
> int err = 0;
>
> @@ -252,7 +253,27 @@ static int meson_pwm_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> return -EINVAL;
>
> if (!state->enabled) {
> - meson_pwm_disable(meson, pwm);
> + if (state->polarity == PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED) {
> + /*
> + * This IP block revision doesn't have an "always high"
> + * setting which we can use for "inverted disabled".
> + * Instead we achieve this using the same settings
> + * that we use a pre_div of 0 (to get the shortest
> + * possible duration for one "count") and
> + * "period == duty_cycle". This results in a signal
> + * which is LOW for one "count", while being HIGH for
> + * the rest of the (so the signal is HIGH for slightly
> + * less than 100% of the period, but this is the best
> + * we can achieve).
> + */
> + channel->pre_div = 0;
> + channel->hi = ~0;
> + channel->lo = 0;
> +
> + meson_pwm_enable(meson, pwm);
> + } else {
> + meson_pwm_disable(meson, pwm);
> + }
> } else {
> err = meson_pwm_calc(meson, pwm, state);
> if (err < 0)
>

While not perfect, it almost fills the gap.
Another way would be to use a specific pinctrl state setting the pin
in GPIO output in high level, but this implementation could stay
if the pinctrl state isn't available.

Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>