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From: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@stericsson.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Mattias WALLIN <mattias.wallin@stericsson.com>,
	Jonas ABERG <jonas.aberg@stericsson.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Keep boot_on regulators powered during init
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:21:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F95495D.4050508@stericsson.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120423110522.GB8318@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>

On 04/23/2012 01:05 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:52:05PM +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
>
>> I realize that using boot_on, which has been around for quite some
>> time could have problems.  If not using the existing boot_on
>> constraint, do you have an idea of how to accomplish what I want?
>> Should I invent a new constraint option to be used in
>> regulator_init_complete!?
>
> To be honest I don't entirely understand what your goal is at the system
> level - the current idea is that either the regulator will be marked as
> always_on or it should be enabled by a consumer.  What is the scenario
> in which neither of these is sufficient?

The consumer do not want to enable the regulator directly from its 
device probe routine, it is handled through a scheduled work.

Moreover the regulator shall not be switched off unless the consumer 
work decides that this is OK.

So, we actually will have a race were the work _might_ be able to 
preventing the late_init_call (regulator_init_complete) from disabling 
the regulator if has reached the point were it has enabled the regulator.

Hopes this clarifies the background a bit more.


Kind regards
Ulf Hansson


  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-23 12:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-23  9:37 [PATCH] regulator: core: Keep boot_on regulators powered during init Ulf Hansson
2012-04-23 10:18 ` Mark Brown
2012-04-23 10:52   ` Ulf Hansson
2012-04-23 11:05     ` Mark Brown
2012-04-23 12:21       ` Ulf Hansson [this message]
2012-04-23 12:25         ` Mark Brown
2012-04-23 12:45           ` Ulf Hansson
2012-04-23 18:01             ` Mark Brown
2012-04-24  8:09               ` Ulf Hansson
2012-04-24 10:56                 ` Mark Brown
2012-04-24 12:43                   ` Ulf Hansson
2012-04-25  8:02                     ` Mark Brown
2012-04-25  9:37                       ` Ulf Hansson
2012-04-25  9:58                         ` Mark Brown
2012-04-25 16:45                           ` Jassi Brar
2012-04-25 15:34               ` Jassi Brar
2012-04-25 15:44                 ` Ulf Hansson
2012-04-25 16:31                   ` Jassi Brar
2012-04-26  8:35                 ` Mark Brown
2012-04-26  9:10                   ` Jassi Brar

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