[PATCH v2] Input: Make ADS7846 independent on regulator

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Thu Sep 30 20:20:38 EDT 2010


Dne Čt 9. září 2010 11:41:20 Mark Brown napsal(a):
> On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:27:17AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dne Út 7. září 2010 14:53:35 Mark Brown napsal(a):
> > > From a regulator API usage point of view a separate implementation of
> > > the same thing was nacked - there are regulator API facilties for
> > > hiding missing regulators from drivers when needed to get systems
> > > going, unless the device genuinely can cope without supplies it should
> > > be relying on those.
> > 
> > Maybe these platforms should have been fixed prior to applying the patch
> > adding regulator goo into ads7846 driver then. What's the way to go now
> > then ?
> 
> Fix the platforms and use the dummy regulators to keep them going until
> that happens.  It's trivial to do the hookup in the platforms.

Igor, any update on this?

Thanks!



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