From: Jarkko Nikula <jhnikula@gmail.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: Fix machine constraints apply for min_uV != max_uV
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:32:38 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100903183238.23f9887c.jhnikula@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100903145420.GB7614@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main>
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:54:20 +0100
Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> This is deliberate behaviour, apply_uV can only be used with a fixed
> voltage at startup in order to avoid issues with handover from the
> bootloader if we suddenly drop the supply voltage on a device which has
> not yet been claimed by a driver. The expectation is that if the
> voltage can vary then something that understands the hardware state
> needs to be involved in maintaining the voltage.
Ah, true. It could be possible that machine constraints are specified
broader, like they include standby state voltage which is not enough to
probe & initialize the device etc.
--
Jarkko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-03 15:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-03 13:43 [PATCH] regulator: Fix machine constraints apply for min_uV != max_uV Jarkko Nikula
2010-09-03 14:54 ` Mark Brown
2010-09-03 15:32 ` Jarkko Nikula [this message]
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