linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] net: pse-pd: Add PD692x0 PSE controller driver

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:34:02 +0000
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
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	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
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	Dent Project <dentproject@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] net: pse-pd: Add PD692x0 PSE controller
 driver

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:19:55PM +0100, Köry Maincent wrote:

> So we will have PSE drivers which are regulators consumer for the chip,
> regulator providers for all its ports and regulator consumers also for all its
> ports. Is it clearer? Would that sound ok for you?

That does sound fine, and like there's a use case for substituting in a
non-PSE regulator in embedded systems so we get something for the effort.
You might want to take a look at the arizona MFD for an example of a
driver for a device which includes a regulator that may optionally be
unused - it's not ideal but it does work.

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