From: broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com (Mark Brown)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ux500: add a few AB8500 regulator consumers
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:49:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110120134926.GG2551@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTins3Xgz+83cNJsoUY=KKfBdzWpMs7KFX05DpNfp@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:11:16PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> If all AB8500 subdevices were to ask for regulators using the
> core device there would be just one big entry pointing
> to the ab8500-i2c.0 entry in this case, and a huge usecount,
> which is not helpful IMO. I like the detail.
It can make life easier from the point of view of setting stuff up since
you're not reliant on the internals of the MFD - for example, if you fix
the MFD to not create .0 devices you'll end up needing to update all the
users.
The supply names are generally relatively obvious.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-20 13:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-17 13:04 [PATCH] ux500: add a few AB8500 regulator consumers Linus Walleij
2011-01-17 13:27 ` Mark Brown
2011-01-17 14:11 ` Linus Walleij
2011-01-17 15:33 ` Mark Brown
2011-01-18 21:11 ` Linus Walleij
2011-01-20 13:49 ` Mark Brown [this message]
2011-01-17 14:59 ` Rabin Vincent
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