[PATCH RFC 2/3] power: mxs_power: add driver for mxs power subsystem

[Mark Brown]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 08:46:45PM +0100, Stefan Wahren wrote:

> > > Does a common property name exists for the switching frequency or would
> > > it be vendor specific?

> > As far as I know most regulators have fixed switching frequencies,
> > so there is no common property name so far. I added regulator
> > framework people, since this property should be regulator specific.

No, it's pretty common for there to be a couple of options - there's
normally a performance tradeoff (power for regulation accuracy and/or
cost) which can be selected.  IIRC it's selected at design time as it
affect the choice of passives on the board.

> okay i understand. But doesn't it need a extra driver to set the switching
> frequency because of the new compatible string?

I don't understand this bit at all, sorry.

> 
> At this point i think about moving this feature into the bootloader.
> 
> @Fabio, @Marek:
> 
> What's your opinion about that?
> 
> >
> > -- Sebastian
> 
> Stefan
> 
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