linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Fix the init of DT defined fixed regulators

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2014 15:39:49 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Alban Bedel <alban.bedel@...onic-design.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Fix the init of DT defined fixed
 regulators

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 01:12:34PM +0200, Alban Bedel wrote:

> When a regulator is defined using DT and it has a single voltage the
> regulator init always tries to apply this voltage. However this fails
> if the regulator isn't settable. So skip this step if the regulator
> doesn't provides any set method.

No, this means we'll just ignore the voltage someone tried to set.  A
bigger question is why someone is trying to configure the voltage of a
fixed voltage regulator in DT...

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