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Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323 regulator

From John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323 regulator
Date 2016-01-28 19:20 +0100
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On 27/01/2016 15:41, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 01:00:59PM +0100, John Crispin wrote:
> 
>> +		/* Constrain board-specific capabilities according to what
>> +		 * this driver and the chip itself can actually do.
>> +		 */
>> +		c = rdev->constraints;
>> +		c->valid_modes_mask |= REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL |
>> +				       REGULATOR_MODE_STANDBY;
>> +		c->valid_ops_mask |= REGULATOR_CHANGE_MODE;
> 
> No, drivers should *never* enable things that weren't explictly enabled
> by the machine constraints.  This misses the whole point of having
> constraints.  They are there so that the system integrator can enable
> the functionality that is safe on a given board.  
> 
> The comment is also inaccurate, it claims it's imposing constraints but
> in fact it's adding additional permissions.
> 

Hi Mark

would the following two bindings be ok ? I would create patches to add them.

* regulator-allow-mode; or regulator-allow-change-mode;
* regulator-modes = <REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL REGULATOR_MODE_STANDBY>;

	John

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Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org> - 2016-01-28 19:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2016-01-29 00:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator menghui lin <menghui.lin@mediatek.com> - 2016-01-29 11:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2016-01-29 12:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator menghui lin <menghui.lin@mediatek.com> - 2016-01-29 13:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2016-02-02 20:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2016-02-02 20:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator menghui lin <menghui.lin@mediatek.com> - 2016-02-03 06:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2016-02-03 13:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator menghui lin <menghui.lin@mediatek.com> - 2016-02-04 03:50 +0100

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