linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.29-rc] regulator: add get

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:04:30 +0000
From:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...ena.org.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.29-rc] regulator: add get_status()

On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 23:03 -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> From: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> 
> Based on previous LKML discussions:
> 
>  * Update docs for regulator sysfs class attributes to highlight
>    the fact that all current attributes are intended to be control
>    inputs, including notably "state" and "opmode" which previously
>    implied otherwise.
> 
>  * Define a new regulator driver get_status() method, which is the
>    first method reporting regulator outputs instead of inputs.
>    It can report on/off and error status; or instead of simply
>    "on", report the actual operating mode.
> 
> For the moment, this is a sysfs-only interface, not accessible to 
> regulator clients.  Such clients can use the current notification
> interfaces to detect errors, if the regulator reports them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---

Applied.

Thanks

Liam


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