[PATCH v5 1/4] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data

[Mark Brown]

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 06:51:23PM +0530, Thomas Abraham wrote:

> For regulators that are not turned on by bootloader, and which require
> 'apply_uV' constraint, is there any alternative for turning on the
> regulator when using dt?

If the regulator isn't software managed then always_on covers this - the
regulator core will enable any always_on regulators that haven't been
enabled already.

>  	/* do we need to apply the constraint voltage */
> -	if (rdev->constraints->apply_uV &&
> -	    rdev->constraints->min_uV == rdev->constraints->max_uV) {
> +	if ((rdev->constraints->apply_uV &&
> +	    rdev->constraints->min_uV == rdev->constraints->max_uV) ||
> +		(!rdev->constraints->boot_on && rdev->constraints->always_on)) {
>  		ret = _regulator_do_set_voltage(rdev,
>  						rdev->constraints->min_uV,
>  						rdev->constraints->max_uV);

I'm not sure I understand the intended logic there.  Voltage constraints
and enable/disable constraints are orthogonal here.