linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: dt: tegra: cardhu: register core regulator tps65911

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Message-ID: <20120611025717.GE28211@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:57:18 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	"olof@...om.net" <olof@...om.net>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	"linux@....linux.org.uk" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: dt: tegra: cardhu: register core regulator
	tps65911

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 10:24:06PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 09:06 PM, Mark Brown wrote:

> > If we're going to do this we need to update all the existing DT bindings
> > for drivers that use single node regulators like this.  Please also
> > change the name used for the property to regulator-compatible to make it
> > clear that the idea is the same as normal compatible properties.

> I'm not sure of the logic behind naming the property
> "regulator-compatible"; the standard compatible property identifies that
> the node is of a particular type/class, whereas the regulator-id in the
> example Laxman quoted would indicate the specific identity/object. Those
> seem like different things.

They're both doing the same thing - up until you get the second register
compatible device a compatible binding is referencing a specific thing
too.  It's just saying "handle this like an X".
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