linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: Fix bug in regulator_mode_to

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Message-ID: <20120711142606.GK3938@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:26:06 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Krystian Garbaciak <krystian.garbaciak@...semi.com>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: Fix bug in regulator_mode_to_status() core
 function.

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 03:18:00PM +0100, Krystian Garbaciak wrote:

> > This is deliberate.  It's not reporting an error, it's reporting an
> > indeterminate status which is a different thing.

> Ok, then I would propose to use REGULATOR_STATUS_OFF instead of 0, to present
> your deliberate decision here.

I don't think you're fully understanding "indeterminate" there...  the
whole point is that we can't adequately represent the state, making
something up isn't helping things.

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