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authorUwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>2021-04-06 10:30:36 +0300
committerThierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>2021-04-09 15:17:03 +0300
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pwm: Clarify which state pwm_get_state() returns
Given that lowlevel drivers usually cannot implement exactly what a consumer requests with pwm_apply_state() there is some rounding involved. pwm_get_state() returns the setting that was requested most recently by the consumer (opposed to what was actually implemented in hardware in reply to the last request). Clarify this in the function kerneldoc. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
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@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ several parameter at once. For example, if you see pwm_config() and
pwm_{enable,disable}() calls in the same function, this probably means you
should switch to pwm_apply_state().
-The PWM user API also allows one to query the PWM state with pwm_get_state().
+The PWM user API also allows one to query the last applied PWM state with
+pwm_get_last_applied_state(). Note this is different to what the driver has
+actually implemented if the request cannot be implemented exactly with the
+hardware in use. There is currently no way for consumers to get the actually
+implemented settings.
In addition to the PWM state, the PWM API also exposes PWM arguments, which
are the reference PWM config one should use on this PWM.