linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: renesas: ulcb-kf: add KF HDMI output

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVyRpEE2i4ak3Gg7EOW8LHPk8jZe+ZeVZTW0TWaXJ5k_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:07:16 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>
Cc:     Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: renesas: ulcb-kf: add KF HDMI output

Hi Nikita,

CC Mark.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 11:18 AM Nikita Yushchenko
<nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com> wrote:
> > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> > i.e. will queue in renesas-devel for v5.18 with the sort order fixed.
>
> Thank you.
>
> I have a question regarding defining regulators.
>
> In case when drivers expect regulators to be define, but physically chips are just wired to VCC (or to
> some non-programmable power logic), what is the policy regarding regulator-fixed objects?
>
> Shall we define per-consumer regulator-fixed objects?
> Or have a single regulator-fixed for each voltage?
> Or not define regulators at all and let the code to create dummy regulators?
> Or something else?

That's a good question.  I don't know if there is a policy. Mark?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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