Re: [UPDATED v3][PATCH 5/7] regulator: sysfs ABI

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 05:17:43PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> On Friday 07 March 2008, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:12:12AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 06:12:05PM +0000, Liam Girdwood wrote:
> > 
> > > > +		Some regulator directories will contain a link called parent.
> > > > +		This points to the parent or supply regulator if one exists.
> > 
> > > I don't think this is needed, why not just parent the device properly in
> > > the device tree itself?
> > 
> > The device tree would tend to show parent for the the control interfaces
> > for the regulators (typically I2C or SPI) but there is likely to be
> > little or no relationship between that and the power distribution in the
> > system.
> 
> I find "parent" a bit awkward, and Greg won't be the only one to
> be asking that question.  Maybe it'd be better named "supply"?

Yes, "parent" means something in the driver model (the parent of the
device in the tree).  I agree with the different wording like "supply"
if that makes sense.  Or something else other than "parent".

thanks,

greg k-h