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From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net/smsc911x: Add regulator support
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:44:06 +0200
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On 10/26/2011 12:17 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
>> Then we have platforms with regulator support, but no
>> regulator for this hardware, because that one happens
>> to be always-on in these systems.
>>      
> Right, this is extremely common and is exactly what the fixed voltage
> regulator is there for - if you've got an always on regulator in your
> system define a fixed voltage regulator to represent it.
>    

Aha you mean I need to go into the platform/board files
for all systems using the smsc911x and add a fixed voltage
regulator?

OK that can't be too hard...

Yours,
Linus Walleij