linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] ARM: dts: sun9i: a80-optimus: Disable dummy regulators vcc3v0, vcc3v3, vcc5v0

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Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 17:44:38 +0100
From:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] ARM: dts: sun9i: a80-optimus: Disable dummy
 regulators vcc3v0, vcc3v3, vcc5v0

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 12:41:37AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 12:21 AM, Maxime Ripard
> <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 06:27:43PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> These 3 regulators are provided in sunxi-common-regulators.dtsi.
> >> 3.0V/3.3V and 5.0V are commonly used voltages in Allwinner devices.
> >> These dummy regulators provide a stand-in when bindings that require
> >> one, but the real regulator is not supported yet.
> >>
> >> Since these are no longer needed, we can disable them.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
> >
> > Why not remove the include entirely then?
> 
> reg_vbus* are still used. Or should we move them as well?

I think so yeah. It's totally fine to disable per-boards regulators.

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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