[PATCH v2 2/4] pwm: Add Apple PWM controller

Biju Das biju.das.jz at bp.renesas.com
Wed Nov 2 09:02:35 PDT 2022


> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] pwm: Add Apple PWM controller
> 
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 18:33, Biju Das <biju.das.jz at bp.renesas.com>
> wrote:
> > > +     clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, NULL);
> > > +     if (IS_ERR(clk))
> > > +             return PTR_ERR(clk);
> >
> > What is your use case?
> >
> > PWM is configured by bootloader intially??
> >
> > Or
> >
> > PWM is configured by Linux not by the bootloader?
> >
> > Or
> >
> > Driver needs to support both ??
> 
> The PWM device itself is configured by linux, but the clock it uses is
> the systemwide 24 MHz clock, and that is configured by platform
> firmware.

I just asked, because you are unnecessarily turning on the clock or increasing the usage
Count, even if it is not used by anyone during probe.

Cheers,
Biju


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