linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add ltc3562 voltage regulator driver

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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:58:48 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@...ic.nl>
Cc:	lgirdwood@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add ltc3562 voltage regulator driver

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:53:37AM +0100, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> On 10/30/2014 11:29 AM, Mike Looijmans wrote:

> >So I should add "regulator-default-voltage" to the generic code? That would
> >indeed be better than trying to do it into this driver.

> >But would that need a separate patch for regulator core to add the property?

Yes.

> Hmm, I looked into doing that, but that isn't trivial, and too many devices
> will suffer.

Why would this have a negative effect on other devices?  Unless somehow
the other devices add the property they should not be affected by it; if
users do add the property presumably that's because it's doing something
useful.

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