On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:21:44AM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
> 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(-)

There has been no comment on this, so can I assume this is fine with
everyone?

Thierry

> 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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