linux-kernel - Re: [patch/rfc 2.6.29-rc6 1/2] regulator: enumerate voltages

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:02:03 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...ena.org.uk>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	OMAP <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch/rfc 2.6.29-rc6 1/2] regulator: enumerate voltages

On Wednesday 25 February 2009, Mark Brown wrote:
> > Fixable in an update.  I still think it's better to require less
> > manual configuration, not more ... manual configuration is by
> > definition error prone; requiring more manual configuration makes
> 
> This whole interface is structured around the idea that the consequences
> of getting this wrong include things like lasting hardware damage.

Oh, one more comment.  Requiring manual configuration
of fixed-voltage regulators is pure time-wastage.

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