[PATCH 1/4] pwm: omap-dmtimer: fix inaccurate period/duty_cycle calculation

Adam Ford aford173 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 15 12:24:17 PST 2016


I tested this on a DM3730, Timer 10

Tested-by: Adam Ford <aford173 at gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 4:23 AM, Neil Armstrong <narmstrong at baylibre.com> wrote:
> On 01/30/2016 05:26 AM, David Rivshin (Allworx) wrote:
>> From: David Rivshin <drivshin at allworx.com>
>>
>> Fix the calculation of load_value and match_value. Currently they
>> are slightly too low, which produces a noticeably wrong PWM rate with
>> sufficiently short periods (i.e. when 1/period approaches clk_rate/2).
>>
>> Example:
>>  clk_rate=32768Hz, period=122070ns, duty_cycle=61035ns (8192Hz/50% PWM)
>>  Correct values: load = 0xfffffffc, match = 0xfffffffd
>>  Current values: load = 0xfffffffa, match = 0xfffffffc
>>  effective PWM: period=183105ns, duty_cycle=91553ns (5461Hz/50% PWM)
>>
>> Fixes: 6604c6556db9 ("pwm: Add PWM driver for OMAP using dual-mode timers")
>> Signed-off-by: David Rivshin <drivshin at allworx.com>
>
> OK for me.
>
> Acked-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong at baylibre.com>
>
> Thanks !
>
>> ---
>>  drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
>> index 826634e..0083e75 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
>> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/time.h>
>>
>>  #define DM_TIMER_LOAD_MIN 0xfffffffe
>> +#define DM_TIMER_MAX      0xffffffff
>>
>>  struct pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip {
>>       struct pwm_chip chip;
>> @@ -46,13 +47,13 @@ to_pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip(struct pwm_chip *chip)
>>       return container_of(chip, struct pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip, chip);
>>  }
>>
>> -static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_calc_value(unsigned long clk_rate, int ns)
>> +static u32 pwm_omap_dmtimer_get_clock_cycles(unsigned long clk_rate, int ns)
>>  {
>>       u64 c = (u64)clk_rate * ns;
>>
>>       do_div(c, NSEC_PER_SEC);
>>
>> -     return DM_TIMER_LOAD_MIN - c;
>> +     return c;
>>  }
>>
>>  static void pwm_omap_dmtimer_start(struct pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip *omap)
>> @@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_config(struct pwm_chip *chip,
>>                                  int duty_ns, int period_ns)
>>  {
>>       struct pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip *omap = to_pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip(chip);
>> -     int load_value, match_value;
>> +     u32 period_cycles, duty_cycles;
>> +     u32 load_value, match_value;
>>       struct clk *fclk;
>>       unsigned long clk_rate;
>>       bool timer_active;
>> @@ -133,11 +135,22 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_config(struct pwm_chip *chip,
>>       /*
>>        * Calculate the appropriate load and match values based on the
>>        * specified period and duty cycle. The load value determines the
>> -      * cycle time and the match value determines the duty cycle.
>> +      * period time and the match value determines the duty time.
>> +      *
>> +      * The period lasts for (DM_TIMER_MAX-load_value+1) clock cycles.
>> +      * Similarly, the active time lasts (match_value-load_value+1) cycles.
>> +      * The non-active time is the remainder: (DM_TIMER_MAX-match_value)
>> +      * clock cycles.
>> +      *
>> +      * References:
>> +      *   OMAP4430/60/70 TRM sections 22.2.4.10 and 22.2.4.11
>> +      *   AM335x Sitara TRM sections 20.1.3.5 and 20.1.3.6
>>        */
>> -     load_value = pwm_omap_dmtimer_calc_value(clk_rate, period_ns);
>> -     match_value = pwm_omap_dmtimer_calc_value(clk_rate,
>> -                                               period_ns - duty_ns);
>> +     period_cycles = pwm_omap_dmtimer_get_clock_cycles(clk_rate, period_ns);
>> +     duty_cycles = pwm_omap_dmtimer_get_clock_cycles(clk_rate, duty_ns);
>> +
>> +     load_value = (DM_TIMER_MAX - period_cycles) + 1;
>> +     match_value = load_value + duty_cycles - 1;
>>
>>       /*
>>        * We MUST stop the associated dual-mode timer before attempting to
>>
>
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