[PATCH RFC 2/3] ARM: regulator: add Freescale MXS regulator driver

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi,

Am 10.09.2014 16:18, schrieb Mark Rutland:
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>
>>>> +       of_property_read_u32(np, "mxs-default-microvolt",
>>>> +                                  &val);
>>>> +
>>>> +       if (val)
>>>> +               mxs_set_voltage(rdev, val, val, NULL);
>>>
>>> As I mentioned in my comments on the binding, I'd like to know why this
>>> is necessary and if it is why it shouldn't be a standardised property.
>>
>>   From my understanding the standardised properties only defines a range,
>> but no default state of the regulators. If the initialization from the
>> bootloader or a hardcoded initialization in the driver is okay then the
>> property is not necessary.
>
> Sure. My questions was why it is necessary to preconfigure the
> regulators at all rather than why it is necessary to do so in this
> manner.
>
> Mark.
>

sorry i don't have a clue. In the original code there isn't a comment 
about the reason. Currently there is no init of the vddio regulator by 
the kernel and everything works fine.

@Fabio: Do you have any doubts?

Stefan