linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: tegra: TN7: relax some regulators

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Message-ID: <53A308C8.2070004@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:59:04 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
CC:	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: tegra: TN7: relax some regulators

On 06/19/2014 01:49 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> Remove the regulator-always-on property from some regulators that do not
> need it. On recent kernels fixed regulators which supply is always on
> fail registration.

That sounds like a bug in the regulator core, which should be fixed there.

After all, we can fix *new* DTs to work around that behaviour change,
but old DTs are supposed to work with new kernels. Fixing this in the DT
doesn't help that.
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