linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] regulator: dt-bindings: whitelist system-critical-regulator property for fixed-regulator

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Message-ID: <20231026071032.GI3803936@pengutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:10:32 +0200
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] regulator: dt-bindings: whitelist
 system-critical-regulator property for fixed-regulator

On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 01:41:45PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 10:46:11AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > Allow fixed-regulator to be marked as system-critical by whitelisting
> > the 'system-critical-regulator' property.
> > 
> > This property indicating that the fixed-regulator is critical to system
> > stability or functionality, aligning with the recent changes in the
> > regulator core handling of under-voltage events for system-critical
> > regulators.
> 
> Why would this need to be something we explicitly enable for a given
> regulator?  Surely this is a property of the creativity of hardware
> engineers rather than the regulator itself.

:)

> Also please avoid the use of the outdated terms whitelist and blacklist,
> pass and block lists are often a good alternative.

ack

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