1 Specifying PWM information for devices 1 Specifying PWM information for devices
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3 3
4 1) PWM user nodes 4 1) PWM user nodes
5 ----------------- 5 -----------------
6 6
7 PWM users should specify a list of PWM devices 7 PWM users should specify a list of PWM devices that they want to use
8 with a property containing a 'pwm-list': 8 with a property containing a 'pwm-list':
9 9
10 pwm-list ::= <single-pwm> [pwm-list] 10 pwm-list ::= <single-pwm> [pwm-list]
11 single-pwm ::= <pwm-phandle> <pwm-spec 11 single-pwm ::= <pwm-phandle> <pwm-specifier>
12 pwm-phandle : phandle to PWM controlle 12 pwm-phandle : phandle to PWM controller node
13 pwm-specifier : array of #pwm-cells sp 13 pwm-specifier : array of #pwm-cells specifying the given PWM
14 (controller specific) 14 (controller specific)
15 15
16 PWM properties should be named "pwms". The exa 16 PWM properties should be named "pwms". The exact meaning of each pwms
17 property must be documented in the device tree 17 property must be documented in the device tree binding for each device.
18 An optional property "pwm-names" may contain a 18 An optional property "pwm-names" may contain a list of strings to label
19 each of the PWM devices listed in the "pwms" p 19 each of the PWM devices listed in the "pwms" property. If no "pwm-names"
20 property is given, the name of the user node w 20 property is given, the name of the user node will be used as fallback.
21 21
22 Drivers for devices that use more than a singl 22 Drivers for devices that use more than a single PWM device can use the
23 "pwm-names" property to map the name of the PW 23 "pwm-names" property to map the name of the PWM device requested by the
24 pwm_get() call to an index into the list given 24 pwm_get() call to an index into the list given by the "pwms" property.
25 25
26 The following example could be used to describ 26 The following example could be used to describe a PWM-based backlight
27 device: 27 device:
28 28
29 pwm: pwm { 29 pwm: pwm {
30 #pwm-cells = <2>; 30 #pwm-cells = <2>;
31 }; 31 };
32 32
33 [...] 33 [...]
34 34
35 bl: backlight { 35 bl: backlight {
36 pwms = <&pwm 0 5000000>; 36 pwms = <&pwm 0 5000000>;
37 pwm-names = "backlight"; 37 pwm-names = "backlight";
38 }; 38 };
39 39
40 Note that in the example above, specifying the 40 Note that in the example above, specifying the "pwm-names" is redundant
41 because the name "backlight" would be used as 41 because the name "backlight" would be used as fallback anyway.
42 42
43 pwm-specifier typically encodes the chip-relat 43 pwm-specifier typically encodes the chip-relative PWM number and the PWM
44 period in nanoseconds. 44 period in nanoseconds.
45 45
46 Optionally, the pwm-specifier can encode a num 46 Optionally, the pwm-specifier can encode a number of flags (defined in
47 <dt-bindings/pwm/pwm.h>) in a third cell: 47 <dt-bindings/pwm/pwm.h>) in a third cell:
48 - PWM_POLARITY_INVERTED: invert the PWM signal 48 - PWM_POLARITY_INVERTED: invert the PWM signal polarity
49 49
50 Example with optional PWM specifier for invers 50 Example with optional PWM specifier for inverse polarity
51 51
52 bl: backlight { 52 bl: backlight {
53 pwms = <&pwm 0 5000000 PWM_POL 53 pwms = <&pwm 0 5000000 PWM_POLARITY_INVERTED>;
54 pwm-names = "backlight"; 54 pwm-names = "backlight";
55 }; 55 };
56 56
57 2) PWM controller nodes 57 2) PWM controller nodes
58 ----------------------- 58 -----------------------
59 59
60 See pwm.yaml. !! 60 PWM controller nodes must specify the number of cells used for the
>> 61 specifier using the '#pwm-cells' property.
>> 62
>> 63 An example PWM controller might look like this:
>> 64
>> 65 pwm: pwm@7000a000 {
>> 66 compatible = "nvidia,tegra20-pwm";
>> 67 reg = <0x7000a000 0x100>;
>> 68 #pwm-cells = <2>;
>> 69 };
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