linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ks8851: Don't use regulator_get

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Date:	Wed, 28 May 2014 21:23:27 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ks8851: Don't use regulator_get_optional()

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 01:11:12PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> We shouldn't be using regulator_get_optional() here. These
> regulators are always present as part of the physical design and
> there isn't any way to use an internal regulator or change the
> source of the reference voltage via software. Given that the only
> users of this driver in the kernel are DT based, this change
> should be transparent to them even if they don't specify any
> supplies because the regulator framework will insert dummy
> supplies as needed.

Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...aro.org>

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