linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] regulator: Introduce OMAP regulator to control PMIC over VC/VP

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Message-ID: <20130610164905.GJ1403@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:49:05 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
Cc:	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-omap <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] regulator: Introduce OMAP regulator to control
 PMIC over VC/VP

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:16:59AM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 01:18:34PM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:

> > So, the biggest problem here has been patch 4 (having to have a hack to
> > deploy this stuff is a bit worrying) plus the general not having a real
> > driver thing.

> Patch #4 in this series was a hack as it was not properly split up and
> organized as a proper DTS series -it was meant as a proof of concept -
> not entirely meant to indicate the remaining 1-3 patches were hacks
> :).

The way it reads is that you're building up to a hack - if what you've
done isn't enabling a sensible solution there might be a problem with
the earlier steps.

> I think you mean http://marc.info/?t=137059249100003&r=1&w=2 series. I
> will dig into it. if it is possible for Tegra and OMAP to use the same
> framework and strategy to deal with these kind of h/w blocks, all the
> more better.

Not just better, if each system doing this sort of thing needs to
reinvent the wheel something is going wrong.

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