Re: [PATCH v4 05/11] pwm: add support for sl28cpld PWM controller

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:51 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Jun 2020, Michael Walle wrote:

...

> > +     cycle = state->duty_cycle * config->max_duty_cycle;
> > +     do_div(cycle, state->period);
>
> Forgive my ignorance (I'm new here!), but what are these 2 lines
> doing?  Here we are multiplying the current duty_cycle with the
> maximum value, then dividing by the period.
>
> So in the case of PWM_MODE_1KHZ with a 50% duty cycle, you'd have:
>
>    (500000 * 0x20[16]) / 1000000 = [0x10]16
>
> Thus, the above gives as a proportional representation of the maximum
> valid value for placement into the cycle control register(s), right?
>
> Either way (whether I'm correct or not), I think it would be nice to
> mention this in a comment.  Maybe even clarify with a simple example.

IIRC PWM has a helper for that (to calc period based on PWM state and
new duty cycle %).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko