linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] regulator: max77802: set opmode to normal if off is read from hw

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Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:47:05 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>
Cc:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Yuvaraj Kumar C D <yuvaraj.cd@...il.com>,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] regulator: max77802: set opmode to normal if off is
 read from hw

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 08:39:39PM +0200, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> On 27.08.2014 20:37, Mark Brown wrote:

> > That's essentially the situation the patch is trying to fix - if we boot
> > and the regulator is off there's no way to figure out what the operating
> > mode would have been so we have to pick something.  If you've got an
> > idea for something better to do...

> Probably the only way to correctly handle this is to specify the right
> operating mode in DT (after defining a binding for it).

I'm not convinced that's worth it - chances are that if anything changed
the mode it was a previously running Linux which will most likely be
doing the same things when it starts running anyway.

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