linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] extcon: Palmas Extcon Driver

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Message-ID: <51888D55.3090907@ti.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 May 2013 10:42:53 +0530
From:	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
CC:	<myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>, <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
	<balbi@...com>, <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	<rob.herring@...xeda.com>, <rob@...dley.net>, <gg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	<ruchika@...com>, <tony@...mide.com>, <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] extcon: Palmas Extcon Driver

Hi,

On Monday 06 May 2013 08:10 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 06:47:04PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>
>> +		if (palmas_usb->linkstat != PALMAS_USB_STATE_VBUS) {
>> +			if (palmas_usb->vbus_reg) {
>> +				ret = regulator_enable(palmas_usb->vbus_reg);
>> +				if (ret) {
>> +					dev_dbg(palmas_usb->dev,
>> +						"regulator enable failed\n");
>> +					goto ret0;
>
> This is very bad karma, why is the regulator optional?

The platform can provide it's own vbus control in which case this is not 
needed.

Thanks
Kishon
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