[PATCH v3 0/5] pwm: support backward compatibility of DTB extending PWM args

Vladimir Zapolskiy vladimir_zapolskiy at mentor.com
Wed Jan 21 05:16:35 PST 2015


Hello Thierry,

On 01.12.2014 16:50, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> Hello Thierry,
> 
> On 18.11.2014 21:37, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>> Please review this alternative in-house version of supporting backward
>> compatibility of DTB files (new kernel/PWM driver and old DTS), overcoming
>> a problem that pwms arguments of existing PWM drivers are to be extended
>> with polarity field.
>>
>> Unfortunately I've firstly created the change and only after that
>> found that Lothar Waßmann is working on his version, so I won't insist
>> on formal preference, but still I like to share my variant since it
>> technically different from Lothar's one.
>>
>> Changes from v2 to v3:
>> - improved commit messages
>> - added two more patches removing of_pwm_xlate_with_flags()
>>
>> Changes from v1 to v2:
>> - corrected the proper kernel log level, thanks to Lothar Waßmann.
>>
>> Vladimir Zapolskiy (5):
>>   pwm: process pwm polarity argument in of_pwm_simple_xlate()
>>   pwm: push up dynamic printk level on errors in of_pwm_get()
>>   pwm: set the actual number of pwms arguments defined in board dts
>>   pwm: do not set of_pwm_xlate_with_flags() as a callback
>>   pwm: remove of_pwm_xlate_with_flags() function
>>
>>  drivers/pwm/core.c            |   42 ++++++++++++-----------------------------
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-hlcdc.c |    2 --
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-tcb.c   |    2 --
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel.c       |    6 ------
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-bcm-kona.c    |    2 --
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-fsl-ftm.c     |    2 --
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-renesas-tpu.c |    2 --
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-rockchip.c    |    5 -----
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c     |    3 ---
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c      |    2 --
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-tiehrpwm.c    |    2 --
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-vt8500.c      |    2 --
>>  include/linux/pwm.h           |    3 ---
>>  13 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> could you please review this PWM DTB backward compatibility change?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 

the first three patches are unmodified since October 2014, but still not
reviewed...

Could you please review the changeset?

Thank you in advance.

--
With best wishes,
Vladimir



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