linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] regulator: Display in use regulators in sysfs

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:11:34 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] regulator: Display in use regulators in sysfs

On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 08:19:27AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > > We call our reference counts use count but this was in fact the original
> > > design, the local reference counts got dropped due to David Brownell's
> > > forceful insistance :/
> 
> > So I should pull the patch?
> 
> Not sure what you mean by pull; a stright revert won't work.

Sorry, perhaps I should have been clearer. 

Is the patch any good, or should I throw it in the bin (pull it)?

> > How do you feel about being able to access it via sysfs? Good or bad
> > idea? If it's a good idea, I can always change the name of the
> > variable?
> 
> That or debugfs.

So the premise of the patch is good and is worth updating and upstreaming?

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