Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 6 authors, 2026-01-22

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce Allwinner H616 PWM controller

From: Paul Kocialkowski <paulk@sys-base.io>
Date: 2026-01-22 16:20:09
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Hello Richard,

On Wed 17 Dec 25, 09:25, Richard Genoud wrote:
Allwinner H616 PWM controller is quite different from the A10 one.
Thanks for your patches!

For context here, the PWM controller in the H616 is an instance of the second
generation Allwinner PWM controller, which was first seen in the V5 chip from
2018.

It is also present in the following SoCs: V5, A50, H616, V536, T7, A133, V833,
R329, D1/T113, R128, V851, A523 and A733.

You probably missed it, but there is already an ongonig series to add support
for that second generation PWM controller from Aleksandr Shubin:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-pwm/list/?series=454353&archive=both&state=*

And a patch was also proposed to add H616 support:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-pwm/list/?series=409036&archive=both&state=*

So you should probably try these series and coordinate with their authors
instead of adding this new driver. I understand it's unfortunate that the work
was already done on your side.

All the best,

Paul
It can drive 6 PWM channels, and like for the A10, each channel has a
bypass that permits to output a clock, bypassing the PWM logic, when
enabled.

But, the channels are paired 2 by 2, sharing a first set of
MUX/prescaler/gate.
Then, for each channel, there's another prescaler (that will be bypassed
if the bypass is enabled for this channel).

It looks like that:
            _____      ______      ________
OSC24M --->|     |    |      |    |        |
APB1 ----->| Mux |--->| Gate |--->| /div_m |-----> PWM_clock_src_xy
           |_____|    |______|    |________|
                          ________
                         |        |
                      +->| /div_k |---> PWM_clock_x
                      |  |________|
                      |    ______
                      |   |      |
                      +-->| Gate |----> PWM_bypass_clock_x
                      |   |______|
PWM_clock_src_xy -----+   ________
                      |  |        |
                      +->| /div_k |---> PWM_clock_y
                      |  |________|
                      |    ______
                      |   |      |
                      +-->| Gate |----> PWM_bypass_clock_y
                          |______|

Where xy can be 0/1, 2/3, 4/5

PWM_clock_x/y serve for the PWM purpose.
PWM_bypass_clock_x/y serve for the clock-provider purpose.
The common clock framework has been used to manage those clocks.

This PWM driver serves as a clock-provider for PWM_bypass_clocks.
This is needed for example by the embedded AC300 PHY which clock comes
from PMW5 pin (PB12).

This series is based onto v6.19-rc1

Changes since v1:
- rebase onto v6.19-rc1
- add missing headers
- remove MODULE_ALIAS (suggested by Krzysztof)
- use sun4i-pwm binding instead of creating a new one (suggested by Krzysztof)
- retrieve the parent clocks from the devicetree
- switch num_parents to unsigned int

Richard Genoud (4):
  dt-bindings: pwm: allwinner: add h616 pwm compatible
  pwm: sun50i: Add H616 PWM support
  arm64: dts: allwinner: h616: add PWM controller
  MAINTAINERS: Add entry on Allwinner H616 PWM driver

 .../bindings/pwm/allwinner,sun4i-a10-pwm.yaml |  19 +-
 MAINTAINERS                                   |   5 +
 .../arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616.dtsi |  47 +
 drivers/pwm/Kconfig                           |  12 +
 drivers/pwm/Makefile                          |   1 +
 drivers/pwm/pwm-sun50i-h616.c                 | 892 ++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 975 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/pwm-sun50i-h616.c


base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
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2.47.3
-- 
Paul Kocialkowski,

Independent contractor - sys-base - https://www.sys-base.io/
Free software developer - https://www.paulk.fr/

Expert in multimedia, graphics and embedded hardware support with Linux.

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