linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MMC: remove regulator refcount fiddling in mmc core

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:37:52 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...ia.com>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	Sundar Iyer <sundar.iyer@...ricsson.com>,
	Bengt Jonsson <bengt.g.jonsson@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MMC: remove regulator refcount fiddling in mmc core

On 26 Jun 2010, at 18:37, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 2010/6/25 Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>:
>> 

>> So, the feedback from folks at the time this was originally written was
>> that the MMC code was unable to cope with sharing regulators since it
>> really needs to be able to set specific voltages.  This needn't be a
>> showstopper since people can force a single voltage in the constraints
>> but it does need to be considered here.

> Well hm, that's not strictly true. If you only provide one standard
> voltage ONLY in your OCR mask, i.e. MMC_VDD_* then you can use
> the same regulator for two or more MMC cards.

This is what I'm saying about forcing a voltage in the constraints - the
existing code should i believe implement the above automatically.

> Further that's a perfectly reasonable thing to do if you have e.g.
> two embedded eMMC cards and you know which voltage they like
> to operate on ... so share the same regulator, why not. The above
> assumption comes from a slot-based world.

Right, but this code supports all MMC cards. To repeat what I said
above this does need to be considered here. I don't think it's a
particular problem, probably just turning it into a consumer capable
of sharing the regulator would be enough.

> Another argument is that a function named
> mmc_regulator_set_ocr() shouldn't be enabling/disabling regulators
> anyway because it's hopeless to read the code, and the other
> functions in mmc/core.c only deals with voltages, not on/off:ing.
> (Maybe it's just me who have a hard time reading code like that.)

This seems rather surprising - are you saying that no other MMC drivers
are able to manage power to the slot? There was a strong insistence
when this code was originally written that it was essential to be able to
power up and down the regulators for MMC applications.
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