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From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
To: Igor Grinberg <grinberg@compulab.co.il>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, vapier@gentoo.org,
	khilman@deeprootsystems.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pavel@ucw.cz,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org, eric.y.miao@gmail.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Input: Make ADS7846 independent on regulator
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:21:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010051021.30496.marek.vasut@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CAACA63.6090202@compulab.co.il>

Dne Út 5. října 2010 08:49:07 Igor Grinberg napsal(a):
>  On 09/09/10 12:41, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:27:17AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> Dne Út 7. září 2010 14:53:35 Mark Brown napsal(a):
> >>> From a regulator API usage point of view a separate implementation of
> >>> the same thing was nacked - there are regulator API facilties for
> >>> hiding missing regulators from drivers when needed to get systems
> >>> going, unless the device genuinely can cope without supplies it should
> >>> be relying on those.
> 
> I actually, don't see why ads7846 is strictly relying on the regulator
> and I don't understand, why ads7846 driver has to bail out if the regulator
> is not found? Why shouldn't the driver try to continue?
> I think it should bail out only in case communicating with the device
> failed.

Well, I can't but agree ... it's unnecessary crud indeed.
> 
> >> Maybe these platforms should have been fixed prior to applying the patch
> >> adding regulator goo into ads7846 driver then. What's the way to go now
> >> then ?
> > 
> > Fix the platforms and use the dummy regulators to keep them going until
> > that happens.  It's trivial to do the hookup in the platforms.
> 
> You want each platform, that does not have a special regulated power supply
> for the ads7846, to define a dummy regulator just to cope with that
> artificial dependency of the device driver?

You can enable some option in the regulator stuff that automagically shoves in a 
dummy regulator, but it's still additional crud.

> I think it is a waste and big code duplication in each platform
> that does not have that special regulator.

Indeed
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From: marek.vasut@gmail.com (Marek Vasut)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] Input: Make ADS7846 independent on regulator
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:21:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010051021.30496.marek.vasut@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CAACA63.6090202@compulab.co.il>

Dne ?t 5. ??jna 2010 08:49:07 Igor Grinberg napsal(a):
>  On 09/09/10 12:41, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:27:17AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> Dne ?t 7. z??? 2010 14:53:35 Mark Brown napsal(a):
> >>> From a regulator API usage point of view a separate implementation of
> >>> the same thing was nacked - there are regulator API facilties for
> >>> hiding missing regulators from drivers when needed to get systems
> >>> going, unless the device genuinely can cope without supplies it should
> >>> be relying on those.
> 
> I actually, don't see why ads7846 is strictly relying on the regulator
> and I don't understand, why ads7846 driver has to bail out if the regulator
> is not found? Why shouldn't the driver try to continue?
> I think it should bail out only in case communicating with the device
> failed.

Well, I can't but agree ... it's unnecessary crud indeed.
> 
> >> Maybe these platforms should have been fixed prior to applying the patch
> >> adding regulator goo into ads7846 driver then. What's the way to go now
> >> then ?
> > 
> > Fix the platforms and use the dummy regulators to keep them going until
> > that happens.  It's trivial to do the hookup in the platforms.
> 
> You want each platform, that does not have a special regulated power supply
> for the ads7846, to define a dummy regulator just to cope with that
> artificial dependency of the device driver?

You can enable some option in the regulator stuff that automagically shoves in a 
dummy regulator, but it's still additional crud.

> I think it is a waste and big code duplication in each platform
> that does not have that special regulator.

Indeed

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
To: Igor Grinberg <grinberg@compulab.co.il>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, vapier@gentoo.org,
	khilman@deeprootsystems.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pavel@ucw.cz,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org, eric.y.miao@gmail.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Input: Make ADS7846 independent on regulator
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:21:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010051021.30496.marek.vasut@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CAACA63.6090202@compulab.co.il>

Dne Út 5. října 2010 08:49:07 Igor Grinberg napsal(a):
>  On 09/09/10 12:41, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:27:17AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> Dne Út 7. září 2010 14:53:35 Mark Brown napsal(a):
> >>> From a regulator API usage point of view a separate implementation of
> >>> the same thing was nacked - there are regulator API facilties for
> >>> hiding missing regulators from drivers when needed to get systems
> >>> going, unless the device genuinely can cope without supplies it should
> >>> be relying on those.
> 
> I actually, don't see why ads7846 is strictly relying on the regulator
> and I don't understand, why ads7846 driver has to bail out if the regulator
> is not found? Why shouldn't the driver try to continue?
> I think it should bail out only in case communicating with the device
> failed.

Well, I can't but agree ... it's unnecessary crud indeed.
> 
> >> Maybe these platforms should have been fixed prior to applying the patch
> >> adding regulator goo into ads7846 driver then. What's the way to go now
> >> then ?
> > 
> > Fix the platforms and use the dummy regulators to keep them going until
> > that happens.  It's trivial to do the hookup in the platforms.
> 
> You want each platform, that does not have a special regulated power supply
> for the ads7846, to define a dummy regulator just to cope with that
> artificial dependency of the device driver?

You can enable some option in the regulator stuff that automagically shoves in a 
dummy regulator, but it's still additional crud.

> I think it is a waste and big code duplication in each platform
> that does not have that special regulator.

Indeed

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-05  8:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-31  7:09 [PATCH v2] Input: Make ADS7846 independent on regulator Marek Vasut
2010-07-31  7:09 ` Marek Vasut
2010-09-07 12:23 ` Igor Grinberg
2010-09-07 12:23   ` Igor Grinberg
2010-09-07 12:53   ` Mark Brown
2010-09-07 12:53     ` Mark Brown
2010-09-09  8:27     ` Marek Vasut
2010-09-09  8:27       ` Marek Vasut
2010-09-09  8:27       ` Marek Vasut
2010-09-09  9:41       ` Mark Brown
2010-09-09  9:41         ` Mark Brown
2010-09-09  9:41         ` Mark Brown
2010-10-01  0:20         ` Marek Vasut
2010-10-01  0:20           ` Marek Vasut
2010-10-01  0:20           ` Marek Vasut
2010-10-05  6:49         ` Igor Grinberg
2010-10-05  6:49           ` Igor Grinberg
2010-10-05  6:49           ` Igor Grinberg
2010-10-05  8:21           ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2010-10-05  8:21             ` Marek Vasut
2010-10-05  8:21             ` Marek Vasut
2010-10-05 16:16           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-10-05 16:16             ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-10-05 16:16             ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-10-05 16:40             ` Mark Brown
2010-10-05 16:40               ` Mark Brown
2010-10-05 18:07               ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-10-05 18:07                 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-10-05 18:59                 ` Mark Brown
2010-10-05 18:59                   ` Mark Brown
2010-10-05 19:35                   ` Alan Cox
2010-10-05 19:35                     ` Alan Cox
2010-10-05 20:42                     ` Mark Brown
2010-10-05 20:42                       ` Mark Brown
2010-10-05 22:09                     ` Linus Walleij
2010-10-05 22:09                       ` Linus Walleij
2010-10-05 22:52                       ` Mark Brown
2010-10-05 22:52                         ` Mark Brown
2010-10-06  8:01                         ` Linus Walleij
2010-10-06  8:01                           ` Linus Walleij
2010-10-06  8:01                           ` Linus Walleij
2010-10-06 15:14                           ` Mark Brown
2010-10-06 15:14                             ` Mark Brown
2010-10-06 15:14                             ` Mark Brown

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