linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: axp20x: Rename supply names for AXP221 DC1SW and DC5LDO regulators

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Date:	Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:06:30 -0700
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: axp20x: Rename supply names for AXP221 DC1SW
 and DC5LDO regulators

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:05:30AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> The DC1SW and DC5LDO regulators in the AXP221 are internally chained
> to DCDC1 and DCDC5, hence the names. The original bindings used the
> parent regulator names for the supply regulator property. This causes
> some confusion when we actually use it in the dts:

If these regulators are internally always connected to other regulators
in the same device why are we even representing their supplies in DT?

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