linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/14] regulator: s2mps11: Add opmode for S2MPS14 regulators

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Message-ID: <20140213192835.GD28112@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:28:35 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
Cc:	Sangbeom Kim <sbkim73@...sung.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/14] regulator: s2mps11: Add opmode for S2MPS14
 regulators

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:14:04AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> S2MPS11/S2MPS14 regulators support different modes of operation:
>  - Always off;
>  - On/Off controlled by pin/GPIO (PWREN/LDOEN/EMMCEN);
>  - Always on;
> This is very similar to S5M8767 regulator driver which also supports
> opmodes (although S5M8767 have also low-power mode).

What is the difference between always off/on and the normal enable
control?  This sounds like a fairly standard register control that can
be overridden by a GPIO.  The usual way of specifying that is by keying
off the presence of the GPIO.

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