linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: DT: Add support to scale ramp delay based on platform behavior

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2016 13:35:06 +0900
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	pawel.moll@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
	ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk, lgirdwood@...il.com,
	bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com, swarren@...dotorg.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: DT: Add support to scale ramp delay based
 on platform behavior

On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 09:05:26AM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 March 2016 09:08 AM, Mark Brown wrote:

> >You're not trying to scale the value here, you're trying to replace the
> >value because the PMIC is incapable of delivering the advertised ramp
> >rate.  Trying to express this as a multiple of the advertised ramp rate
> >is just adding complexity.

> So should we provide absolute ramp value here for platform specific?

Yes, otherwise if the PMIC vendor respecifies their ramp rates to
reflect reality and the driver is updated then your DT will be broken.

> Or any other suggestion to handle this situation as this is very common and
> almost all our boards have this slowness on ramp.

Perhaps time to have a chat with your PMIC vendors...

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