linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.28-rc5] regulator: enable/disable refcounting

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Message-ID: <20081117151636.GG1559@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:16:39 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...ena.org.uk>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.28-rc5] regulator: enable/disable refcounting

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:44:46AM -0800, David Brownell wrote:

> +	mutex_lock(&rdev->mutex);
> +	if (regulator->enabled == 1) {
> +		ret = _regulator_disable(rdev);
> +		if (ret == 0)
> +			regulator->uA_load = 0;

Why clear the load here?  I'd expect to be able to enable and disable
the regulator while preserving the configuration.
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