linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] regulator: Add driver for max77802 PMIC PMIC regulators

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2014 08:17:21 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>,
	Yuvaraj Cd <yuvaraj.lkml@...il.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan@...sung.com>,
	Prashanth G <prashanth.g@...sung.com>,
	Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
	sunil joshi <joshi@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] regulator: Add driver for max77802 PMIC PMIC
 regulators

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 08:40:40AM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:07 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas

> > I see, so probably until we have a way to define the operating mode for
> > each regulator using DT we should set the opmode to normal when enabling a
> > regulator independently of the value the hardware register reported on probe.

> > Can you please test the following change [0] so I can post as a proper
> > patch? Doug, Mark do you think that forcing the regulator to opmode normal
> > when enabling is the right solution here?

> IMHO that makes sense.

No, this doesn't make any obvious sense to me at all.  Picking normal as
a default if the hardware reads back off due to overlapping
impelementation or something *might* make sense but not overwriting the
hardware state without explicit permission from the machine integration
is a key goal for the regulator API.

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