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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:30:16 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....nxp.com>
Cc: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>, Andy Shevchenko
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: s5m8767: Convert to GPIO descriptors
On 24/03/2025 05:21, Peng Fan wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 02:48:05PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 18/03/2025 13:38, Peng Fan wrote:
>>>> Also the commit message doesn't tell anything about the existing DTS
>>>> files.
>>>> Do we have this device described in any in the kernel? Do we have any
>>>> googled examples? Why I'm asking because often the issue is the
>>>> incorrect setting of the polarity, which needs to be carefully checked,
>>>> esp. for the voltage regulators case.
>>>
>>>
>>> Under arch/arm/boot/dts/samsung/, a few dtsi files have the property
>>> with results from output of
>>> `grep "s5m8767" ./arch/arm/boot/dts/samsung/ -rn | grep gpios`
>>>
>>> Exynos5250-spring.dts uses GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW.
>>> Others use GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH.
>>>
>> These are old devices and not many people are actually providing tests,
>> so you need to preserve existing ABI. IOW, if previously GPIO flags were
>> ignored, meaning "1" is ACTIVE_HIGH, then you must preserve this behavior.
>
> Per google,
> Manual Reset function is for Hardware reset in the Active mode.
Why are you mentioning the reset functions? Which properties are these?
> If MR1B and MR2B is kept low during the VLDO3 is active state, the
> system makes all internal presetting registers as default in the
> active mode (automatic power on sequence). If this hardware reset
> function is not required, connect MRB pin to high.
>
> So the reset is ACTIVE LOW if my understanding is correct.
>
> To keep DTS unchanged, we need update polarity in gpiolib to
> force GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW.
How are you going to achieve it if one DTS has LOW and other has HIGH?
>
> please see whether this is ok for you.
I don't understand how this is related to the issue I raised.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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