Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] pwm: rename the PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED enum

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

[dropping Tony Prisk <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from recipients]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 01:40:28PM +0200, Oleksandr Suvorov wrote:
> Thierry, I see the PWM core converts the bit field "third cell" into
> the polarity variable.
> Now I probably understand your sight and agree that we shouldn't give
> the same names to bits in bitfield (dts) and values of a variable.
> 
> But there are lots of useless "0" values of third cell of "pwms"
> option in dts files.
> 
> I see 2 ways now:
> - just remove all "0" "third cell" from "pwms" options in dts files. I
> see this "0" confuses some people.

Then you have to overwrite pwm-cells of the provider. If there are two
PWMs used from the same provider and only one is inverted this won't
work. (Not entirely sure I understood your suggestion.) So I don't like
this suggestion.

And also in my eyes this isn't clearer, just more complicated to use.

> - convert pwm_state.polarity into pwm_state.flags and use bitfield
>   directly from dtb.
>   It simplifies the parsing logic and makes adding new flags easier.

*shrug*, I don't care much.

Best regards
Uwe

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