Re: [PATCH 1/2] PWM: let of_xlate handlers check args count

From: Sascha Hauer
Date: Thu Jan 23 2014 - 06:05:24 EST


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:56:32AM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > of_pwm_n_cells for the of_xlate handler is stored in struct pwm_chip,
> > but it is only ever used by the of_xlate handler itsel. Remove
> > of_pwm_n_cells from struct pwm_chip and let the handler do the argument
> > count checking to simplify the code.
> >
> This still does not make the PWM_POLARITY flag in the pwms node
> optional as was the goal because of_parse_phandle_with_args() requires
> at least #pwm-cells arguments in the node.
>
> So, with a DT configuration like:
> pwm0: pwm@0 {
> #pwm-cells = <3>;
> };
> backlight {
> pwms = <&pwm0 0 100000>;
> };

We misunderstood each other. My goal was to allow the driver to also
work with old devicetrees which specify #pwm-cells = <2>, not to allow
inconsistent devicetrees like the snippet above.

Sascha

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