Re: [PATCH v11 10/12] backlight: pwm_bl: Use 64-bit division function

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Uwe Kleine-KÃnig wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 02:24:41PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 01:57:35PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-KÃnig wrote:
> > > > Hello Lee,
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:07:10AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 20 Mar 2020, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Since the PWM framework is switching struct pwm_state.period's datatype
> > > > > > > to u64, prepare for this transition by using div_u64 to handle a 64-bit
> > > > > > > dividend instead of a straight division operation.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Cc: linux-pwm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Guru Das Srinagesh <gurus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 3 ++-
> > > > > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Can this patch be taken on its own?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hellooooo ...
> > > > 
> > > > Conceptually it can. As the last patch depends on this one (and the
> > > > others) some coordination might be beneficial. But that's up to Thierry
> > > > to decide how (and if) he want this series to be applied.
> > > 
> > > ... and on the backlight side we definitely need to know about the "if"
> > > otherwise there's no point in taking it.
> > 
> > Right.
> > 
> > I'm happy to wait for Thierry.  Although this isn't the only set he's
> > currently blocking.  Is he okay?  On holiday perhaps?
> 
> The newest commit by him in next is from last week. My guess is he
> just didn't come around yet to care for the PWM duties.

Looks like we missed the last release.

Let's hope we don't miss the next one also.

-- 
Lee Jones [æçæ]
Linaro Services Technical Lead
Linaro.org â Open source software for ARM SoCs
Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog