linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] regulator/rpi-panel-attiny: Don't read the LCD power status

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:45:32 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Detlev Casanova <detlev.casanova@...labora.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] regulator/rpi-panel-attiny: Don't read the LCD
 power status

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 03:22:35PM -0500, Detlev Casanova wrote:
> On Friday, January 21, 2022 11:30:39 A.M. EST Mark Brown wrote:

> > If that's the case since you're using regmap would it not make sense to
> > enable caching in order to minimise reads in general.

> Would caching avoid all reads if the values are written at least once before? 
> The idea here is to make sure they are never read, I'm not sure if the regmap 
> cache ensures no read in this situation.

All reads for which the value in the hardware is known, either from a
register default or from a previous write.

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