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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:52:21 -0800 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [UPDATED v3][PATCH 5/7] regulator: sysfs ABI On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 05:17:43PM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > On Friday 07 March 2008, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:12:12AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 06:12:05PM +0000, Liam Girdwood wrote: > > > > > > + Some regulator directories will contain a link called parent. > > > > + This points to the parent or supply regulator if one exists. > > > > > I don't think this is needed, why not just parent the device properly in > > > the device tree itself? > > > > The device tree would tend to show parent for the the control interfaces > > for the regulators (typically I2C or SPI) but there is likely to be > > little or no relationship between that and the power distribution in the > > system. > > I find "parent" a bit awkward, and Greg won't be the only one to > be asking that question. Maybe it'd be better named "supply"? Yes, "parent" means something in the driver model (the parent of the device in the tree). I agree with the different wording like "supply" if that makes sense. Or something else other than "parent". thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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