linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V8 2/8] cpufreq: mediatek: Enable clock and regulator

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Date:   Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:47:32 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     "andrew-sh.cheng" <andrew-sh.cheng@...iatek.com>
Cc:     MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
        Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        srv_heupstream@...iatek.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 2/8] cpufreq: mediatek: Enable clock and regulator

On 31-03-21, 13:21, andrew-sh.cheng wrote:
> Hi Viresh,
> Yes.
> As you mentioned, it will be enable by OPP core.
> 
> Per discuss with hotplug owner and regulator owner,
> they suggest that "users should not suppose other module, will enable
> regulators for them".
> They suggest to add enable_regulator here.

Which is fine if the modules in question aren't closely related to each other,
but OPP core and cpufreq are too closely bound to each other. So much that the
cpufreq driver can depend on the OPP core for doing it.

Though I won't Nack a patch just for that, but it was just a suggestion.

-- 
viresh