linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.29-rc3-git 2/2] USB: disable twl4030 USB regulators when cable unplugged

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Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:19:33 +0200
From:	Kalle Jokiniemi <kalle.jokiniemi@...ia.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...ena.org.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	OMAP <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.29-rc3-git 2/2] USB: disable twl4030 USB regulators
	when cable unplugged

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 14:40 -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> On Thursday 26 February 2009, Liam Girdwood wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 10:52 -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> > > From: Kalle Jokiniemi <kalle.jokiniemi@...ia.com>
> > > 
> > > This patch disables LDO regulators VUSB1V5, VUSB1V8, and VUSB3V1
> > > when the USB cable is unplugged, to eliminate that source of power
> > > waste.  (Enabled LDOs consume power at all times.)
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Kalle Jokiniemi <kalle.jokiniemi@...ia.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> > > ---
> > > Depends on the twl4030 regulator driver, so I'm suggesting this
> > > be merged (with that driver) through the regulator patch queue
> > > to simplify things.
> > > 
> > >  drivers/usb/otg/twl4030-usb.c |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > >  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Applied.
> 
> Better suggestion:  grab Kalle's updated patch from Greg's USB
> queue:
> 
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/gregkh-04-usb/
> 
> patch name usb-twl-disable-vusb-regulators-when-cable-unplugged.patch


Yep, this previous one lacked some error checks and a build dependency
to TWL_REGULATOR. 

- Kalle


> 
> - Dave
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