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From: Keerthy <a0393675@ti.com>
To: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Cc: Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@ti.com>,
	paul@pwsan.com, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, rnayak@ti.com,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, nm@ti.com, j-keerthy@ti.com,
	nsekhar@ti.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] ARM: dts: DRA7: Add node for RTC
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:36:49 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53BD2249.2080808@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140709110051.GQ28884@atomide.com>

On Wednesday 09 July 2014 04:30 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Keerthy <a0393675@ti.com> [140709 03:59]:
>> On Wednesday 09 July 2014 04:20 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>> * Keerthy <a0393675@ti.com> [140709 03:39]:
>>>> On Wednesday 09 July 2014 03:39 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>>>> * Keerthy <a0393675@ti.com> [140709 02:36]:
>>>>>> On Wednesday 09 July 2014 02:42 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>>>>>> * Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@ti.com> [140709 01:37]:
>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7-evm.dts
>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7-evm.dts
>>>>>>>> @@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
>>>>>>>>   					regulator-min-microvolt = <1050000>;
>>>>>>>>   					regulator-max-microvolt = <1050000>;
>>>>>>>>   					regulator-boot-on;
>>>>>>>> +					regulator-always-on;
>>>>>>>>   				};
>>>>>>> Is this regulator really always on?
>>>>>> This feeds on to RTC which is a free running clock. So i guess always on is
>>>>>> justified no?
>>>>> Well the dts entries should describe the hardware. If the
>>>>> regulator can be enabled and disabled, we should not claim it's
>>>>> always on.
>>>>  From the PMIC perspective every regulator can be enabled and
>>>> disabled. From a Board perspective there are some which need
>>>> to be always on. For Ex: SMPS123 which feeds on to the MPU.
>>> Right, and we already have regulator-boot-on for those. Or are
>>> you seeing some issue with that?
>> regulator-boot-on describes that at boot a particular regulator is on.
>> It does not guarantee that it will be on for the rest of the time. The
>> regulator framework can go ahead and disable it if no one has requested
>> for it. In case of RTC we do not want that to happen.
> That's a bug in the RTC driver then. The driver should request a
> regulator if it's specified.

Okay.

>
> Regards,
>
> Tony


  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-09 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <alpine.DEB.2.02.1407060031120.23762@utopia.booyaka.com>
2014-07-09  8:35 ` [PATCH V2 0/2] ARM: DRA7: Add RTC hwmod and dt entries Lokesh Vutla
2014-07-09  8:35   ` [PATCH V2 1/2] ARM: DRA7: hwmod: Add data for RTC Lokesh Vutla
2014-07-22 10:19     ` Lokesh Vutla
2014-07-22 19:19       ` Paul Walmsley
2014-07-09  8:35   ` [PATCH V2 2/2] ARM: dts: DRA7: Add node " Lokesh Vutla
2014-07-09  9:12     ` Tony Lindgren
2014-07-09  9:32       ` Keerthy
2014-07-09 10:09         ` Tony Lindgren
2014-07-09 10:35           ` Keerthy
2014-07-09 10:50             ` Tony Lindgren
2014-07-09 10:56               ` Keerthy
2014-07-09 11:00                 ` Tony Lindgren
2014-07-09 11:06                   ` Keerthy [this message]
2014-07-14 14:45                     ` Lokesh Vutla
2014-07-14 16:23                       ` Tony Lindgren
2014-07-15  3:57                         ` Keerthy
2014-07-15  4:07                         ` Lokesh Vutla
2014-07-15  6:59                           ` Tony Lindgren
2014-07-15  3:51                       ` Keerthy

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