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

From Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323 regulator
Date 2016-01-27 15:50 +0100
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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.

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[PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323 regulator John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org> - 2016-01-27 13:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] regulator: mt6323: Add support for MT6323  regulator Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2016-01-27 15:50 +0100

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