From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com (Mark Brown) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:53:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: Propagate uA_load requirements up supply chain In-Reply-To: <20110328181415.GD31457@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1301326482-6547-1-git-send-email-collinsd@codeaurora.org> <1301326482-6547-3-git-send-email-collinsd@codeaurora.org> <20110328180255.GA28494@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20110328181415.GD31457@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: <20110329075310.GA29330@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 07:14:15PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > That's not true. Firstly, *all* regulators are not 100% efficient. They > lose *power* in the form of heat. So power into the regulator will always > be more than power out. That's pretty much what I said, yes.