netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/6] net: stmmac: sun8i: Use devm_regulator

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Message-ID: <20190820153939.GL29991@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:39:39 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     megous@...ous.com
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] net: stmmac: sun8i: Use devm_regulator_get for PHY
 regulator

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 04:53:40PM +0200, megous@...ous.com wrote:
> From: Ondrej Jirman <megous@...ous.com>
> 
> Use devm_regulator_get instead of devm_regulator_get_optional and rely
> on dummy supply. This avoids NULL checks before regulator_enable/disable
> calls.

Hi Ondrej

What do you mean by a dummy supply? I'm just trying to make sure you
are not breaking backwards compatibility.

     Thanks
	Andrew