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Message-ID: <20090115124007.GD2147@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:40:07 +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 2.6.29-rc] regulator: add get_status()

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:03:17PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:

>  * Define a new regulator driver get_status() method, which is the
>    first method reporting regulator outputs instead of inputs.
>    It can report on/off and error status; or instead of simply
>    "on", report the actual operating mode.

> For the moment, this is a sysfs-only interface, not accessible to 
> regulator clients.  Such clients can use the current notification
> interfaces to detect errors, if the regulator reports them.

It's useful for bootstrapping purposes - the notifiers will only report
changes.  Not that this is something that should happen on a regular
basis so I'd be surprised if there were much demand.

> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>

but...

> +enum regulator_status {
> +	REGULATOR_STATUS_OFF,
> +	REGULATOR_STATUS_ON,
> +	REGULATOR_STATUS_ERROR,
> +	/* fast/normal/idle/standby are flavors of "on" */
> +	REGULATOR_STATUS_FAST,
> +	REGULATOR_STATUS_NORMAL,
> +	REGULATOR_STATUS_IDLE,
> +	REGULATOR_STATUS_STANDBY,
> +};
> +

> +	/* report regulator status ... most other accessors report
> +	 * control inputs, this reports results of combining inputs
> +	 * from Linux (and other sources) with the actual load.
> +	 */
> +	int (*get_status)(struct regulator_dev *);
> +

...this needs kerneldoc adding.
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