Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: add a core driver for TI TPS61050/TPS61052 chips

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>]

On 03/08/2011 12:52 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 10:40:41AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
>
>    
>> +config TPS6105X
>> +	tristate "TPS61050/61052 Boost Converters"
>> +	depends on I2C&&  EXPERIMENTAL
>>      
> Why EXPERIMENTAL?
>    

No real reason, I'll drop it.

> +	default y if MACH_U8500
>    
> Not sure I'm enthusiastic about that - it's sensible for the machine to
> want that but I can see this getting out of hand if you've got a lot of
> machines doing that.  Perhaps have the machine select the regulator for
> builds with REGULATOR enabled?
>    

OK I'll move this over to the mach-ux500 patch using
select.

>> +	/* Put the chip in SHUTDOWN mode */
>> +	ret = tps6105x_mask_and_set(tps6105x, TPS6105X_REG_0,
>> +		TPS6105X_REG0_MODE_MASK,
>> +		TPS6105X_REG0_MODE_SHUTDOWN<<  TPS6105X_REG0_MODE_SHIFT);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>>      
> I'm not sure this is what we want.  If the device is driving the
> backlight it'll result in the backlight flashing off during boot which
> doesn't seem desirable.  The standard thing is just to inherit the
> hardware state.
>    

It's a leftover from code that was toggling the mode to see if
the hardware was there (it was reflected in another register).

I'll take it out.

Thanks,
Linus Walleij