Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: palmas: model SMPS10 as two regulators

[Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>]

Hi,

On Thursday 20 June 2013 08:14 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Thursday 20 June 2013 07:49 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thursday 20 June 2013 07:33 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
>>> On Thursday 20 June 2013 07:20 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday 20 June 2013 04:22 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday 20 June 2013 02:07 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>>>>> SMPS10 has two outputs OUT1 and OUT2 and have one input IN1.
>>>>>> SMPS10-OUT2 is connected to SMPS10-IN1 and can be configured either
>>>>>> in BOOST mode or BYPASS mode. regulator_enable of SMPS10-OUT2 configures
>>>>>> it in BOOST mode. For BYPASS mode regulator_allow_bypass() API can be
>>>>>> used. SMPS10-OUT1 is connected to SMPS10-OUT2 and can be enabled using
>>>>>> regulator_enable().
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cc: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>     drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c |   39
>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>>>>>     include/linux/mfd/palmas.h           |    9 ++++----
>>>>>>     2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c
>>>>>> b/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c
>>>>>> index 3ae44ac..7004bab 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c
>>>>>> @@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ static const struct regs_info palmas_regs_info[] = {
>>>>>>             .ctrl_addr    = PALMAS_SMPS9_CTRL,
>>>>>>         },
>>>>>>         {
>>>>>> -        .name        = "SMPS10",
>>>>>> +        .name        = "SMPS10_OUT1",
>>>>>> +        .sname        = "smps10-out2",
>>>>>> +        .ctrl_addr    = PALMAS_SMPS10_CTRL,
>>>>>> +    },
>>>>>> +    {
>>>>>> +        .name        = "SMPS10_OUT2",
>>>>>>             .sname        = "smps10-in",
>>>>>>
>>>>> This sequence can create regulator to be never register.
>>>>> In probe, we register regulator from 0 to max_id.
>>>>> Here smps10-out1 comes first and see the supply as smps10-out2 which is not
>>>>> registered yet and so will fail with PROBE_DEFER
>>>>> When again it tries, the same issue.
>>>> hmm.. But I was able to get (regulator_get) *SMPS10_OUT1* without any issue
>>>> during my testing. From looking at the code, I couldn't see *sname* being used
>>>> anywhere.
>>> We used the sname as
>>> pmic->desc[id].supply_name = palmas_regs_info[id].sname;
>>>
>>> However, how you have populated your dt?
>>> Have you added like
>>> smps10-out2-supply = <&SMPS10_OUT2>
>>>
>>> for the palmas regualtor -dt.
>> I added the regulator data like
>>
>> +                       smps10_out1_reg: smps10_out1 {
>> +                               regulator-name = "smps10_out1";
>> +                               regulator-min-microvolt = <5000000>;
>> +                               regulator-max-microvolt = <5000000>;
>> +                               regulator-always-on;
>> +                               regulator-boot-on;
>> +                               regulator-allow-bypass;
>> +                               ti,warm_sleep = <0>;
>> +                               ti,roof_floor = <0>;
>> +                               ti,mode_sleep = <0>;
>> +                               ti,warm_reset = <0>;
>> +                               ti,tstep = <0>;
>> +                               ti,vsel = <0>;
>> +                       };
>>
>> and from my controller I reference it using
>> +               vbus-supply = <&smps10_out1_reg>;
>>
>> and in the controller driver I use
>> +               vbus_reg = devm_regulator_get(dev, "vbus");
>
> Have you added the regulator supply entries?
> Are you testing on mainline linux-next?

Not in linux-next :-( Tested only with mainline.
Does inverting the order helps?

Thanks
Kishon