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authorLorenz Brun <lorenz@brun.one>2023-03-09 04:10:08 +0300
committerGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>2023-04-19 17:08:33 +0300
commita7da8a8bf19b758d6db50a1c09627b0422fe98db (patch)
tree95a9b953c69ba73d93c6a54da2624404bb277aab /drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c
parentdedbe4c1499cf1b7b0357872cf858221f583bfc0 (diff)
downloadlinux-a7da8a8bf19b758d6db50a1c09627b0422fe98db.tar.xz
hwmon: (pwm-fan) set usage_power on PWM state
PWM fans are controlled solely by the duty cycle of the PWM signal, they do not care about the exact timing. Thus set usage_power to true to allow less flexible hardware to work as a PWM source for fan control. Signed-off-by: Lorenz Brun <lorenz@brun.one> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230309011009.2109696-1-lorenz@brun.one Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c b/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c
index 57928d270015..6e4516c2ab89 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c
@@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ static int pwm_fan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pwm_init_state(ctx->pwm, &ctx->pwm_state);
/*
+ * PWM fans are controlled solely by the duty cycle of the PWM signal,
+ * they do not care about the exact timing. Thus set usage_power to true
+ * to allow less flexible hardware to work as a PWM source for fan
+ * control.
+ */
+ ctx->pwm_state.usage_power = true;
+
+ /*
* set_pwm assumes that MAX_PWM * (period - 1) fits into an unsigned
* long. Check this here to prevent the fan running at a too low
* frequency.