linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: misc: add a generic regulator driver

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2017 11:49:10 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Patrick Titiano <ptitiano@...libre.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: misc: add a generic regulator driver

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:

> The system itself is controlling
> a power line, it knows nothing about what's connected.  It seems like
> this is coming up often enough that someone should probably just write
> an external system control binding, also tying in things like references
> to the console and so on.

That sounds pretty helpful for these usecases.

Yours,
Linus Walleij