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From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: Propagate uA_load requirements up supply
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:53:11 +0100
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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.