linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 2/3] regulator: dt: regulator match by regulator-compatible

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:42:29 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	lee.jones@...aro.org, lrg@...com,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/3] regulator: dt: regulator match by
 regulator-compatible

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 08:13:14AM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:46:10PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> > As well as being able to refer to the object from within the device tree
> > we also need to be able to tell what the object represents - we have a
> > bunch of regulators in an array under a node for a PMIC and we want to
> > know which regulator on the physical device each array entry corresponds
> > to.  Previously this was being done by parsing the phandle name but that
> > means we can't have more than one device with the same set of names.

> I thought the reason was that matching the node names up with the
> regulator names was considered bad practice. As Stephen already noticed,
> the matching is done by node name, not phandle. Correct me if I'm wrong,
> but you can have more than one device with the children have the same
> names.

We're talking about consumers here, not the regulator driver finding its
own regulators.

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