linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] extcon: Palmas Extcon Driver

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 10:54:02 +0100
From:	Graeme Gregory <gg@...mlogic.co.uk>
To:	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, myungjoo.ham@...sung.com,
	cw00.choi@...sung.com, balbi@...com, ldewangan@...dia.com,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, grant.likely@...aro.org,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, rob@...dley.net, ruchika@...com,
	tony@...mide.com, sameo@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] extcon: Palmas Extcon Driver

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 02:48:53PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 May 2013 04:15 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> >On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 03:17:08PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> >>On Tuesday 07 May 2013 01:28 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> >
> >>>>The platform can provide it's own vbus control in which case this is
> >>>>not needed.
> >
> >>>So why is there no interaction with this external VBUS control and how
> >>>does the driver distinguish between that and an error getting the
> >>>regulator?
> >
> >>The platform specifies if it provides its own VBUS control by the dt
> >>property ti,no_control_vbus. So the driver will give an error only
> >>when *ti,no_control_vbus* is not set. Graeme?
> >
> >That doesn't answer the question about why there's no interaction with
> >the external control...
> >
> 
> Graeme?
> 
I already partially answered this, it was written for a SoC where VBUS
generation was in hardware on the SoC with no information.

I would say if nvidia/Laxman do not need this remove it, if someone ever
uses it then they can re-add it easy enough!

Graeme

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