Re: [PATCH 2/4] pwm: pca9685: remove ALL_LED PWM channel

[Clemens Gruber]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 03:07:57PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 02:52:27PM +0100, Matthias Schiffer wrote:
> > The interaction of the ALL_LED PWM channel with the other channels was
> > not well-defined. As the ALL_LED feature does not seem very useful and
> > it was making the code significantly more complex, simply remove it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pwm/pwm-pca9685.c | 115 ++++++--------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)
> 
> Applied, thanks.
> 
> Thierry

I was not reading the mailing list in the last weeks, so I only saw the
patch today.

We are using the ALL_LED channel in production to reduce the delay when
all 16 PWM outputs need to be set to the same duty cycle.

I am not sure it is a good idea to remove this feature.

Best regards,
Clemens