netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] net/smsc911x: Add regulator support

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Date:	Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:46:38 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>,
	Mathieu Poirer <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	Robert Marklund <robert.marklund@...ricsson.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] net/smsc911x: Add regulator support

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 03:21:47PM +0200, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> my gut reaction: smsc911x is working just fine without regulator
> support for many people, so why do we suddenly need to make it a
> requirement ?  this is a fairly small amount of code, so adding a
> smsc911x Kconfig symbol to control the regulator support seems like
> overkill.  only other option would be to change the patch to not make
> missing regulators non-fatal.  so i'd probably lean towards the latter
> (and it sounds like you changed this with earlier versions).

The regulator API contains a series of generic facilities for stubbing
itself out when not in use - there's no need for individual drivers to
worry about this stuff, they should just rely on the framework.  The
main one at the minute is REGULATOR_DUMMY which does what you suggest
and makes regulator_get() never fail.
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