From: Andrew Bresticker <[email protected]>

When possible, avoid setting the manual update bit and starting/stopping
the PWM when adjusting the PWM as it causes noticable flickering when
setting the backlight brightness.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c
index b59639e..6d23eb3 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #define REG_TCNTB(chan)                        (0x0c + ((chan) * 0xc))
 #define REG_TCMPB(chan)                        (0x10 + ((chan) * 0xc))
+#define REG_TCNTO(chan)                        (0x14 + ((chan) * 0xc))
 
 #define TCFG0_PRESCALER_MASK           0xff
 #define TCFG0_PRESCALER1_SHIFT         8
@@ -234,15 +235,29 @@ static int pwm_samsung_enable(struct pwm_chip *chip, 
struct pwm_device *pwm)
        struct samsung_pwm_chip *our_chip = to_samsung_pwm_chip(chip);
        unsigned int tcon_chan = to_tcon_channel(pwm->hwpwm);
        unsigned long flags;
-       u32 tcon;
+       u32 tcon, tcnt, tcnt_o;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&samsung_pwm_lock, flags);
 
        tcon = readl(our_chip->base + REG_TCON);
+       tcnt = readl(our_chip->base + REG_TCNTB(pwm->hwpwm));
+       tcnt_o = readl(our_chip->base + REG_TCNTO(pwm->hwpwm));
 
-       tcon &= ~TCON_START(tcon_chan);
-       tcon |= TCON_MANUALUPDATE(tcon_chan);
-       writel(tcon, our_chip->base + REG_TCON);
+       /*
+        * If we've got a big value stuck in the PWM we need to adjust it using
+        * manualupdate.  The start bit needs to be off for that to work
+        * properly so we only do this if strictly necessary since it can cause
+        * the PWM to blink.
+        *
+        * We will also use manualupdate if we find that the autoreload bit
+        * wasn't set previously since the very first time the timer is
+        * configured we seem to need to kickstart the PWM.
+        */
+       if ((tcnt_o > tcnt) || !(tcon & TCON_AUTORELOAD(tcon_chan))) {
+               tcon &= ~TCON_START(tcon_chan);
+               tcon |= TCON_MANUALUPDATE(tcon_chan);
+               writel(tcon, our_chip->base + REG_TCON);
+       }
 
        tcon &= ~TCON_MANUALUPDATE(tcon_chan);
        tcon |= TCON_START(tcon_chan) | TCON_AUTORELOAD(tcon_chan);
-- 
1.7.9.5

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