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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 09:39:31AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Mark Brown

> > You avoid user confusion from having two ways of doing the same thing
> > and you save a little complexity in the implementation. =A0The user
> > confusion does happen in practice.

> So I guess this pattern comes from the regulator framework
> struct regulator_consumer_supply design pattern initially.

Yes, and the only reason the regulator API does this is historical.

> But we should then try to rid it from the kernel at large, no big deal,
> I have only one in-kernel user of this ATM I think so I can kill it off f=
rom
> the pin control API if you think you can kill it from regulators.

Well volunteered :)

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