[PATCH] regulator: Use bitfield values for range selectors

David Laight David.Laight at ACULAB.COM
Sat Jun 10 10:10:19 PDT 2023


From: Chen-Yu Tsai
> Sent: 08 June 2023 08:57
> 
> Right now the regulator helpers expect raw register values for the range
> selectors. This is different from the voltage selectors, which are
> normalized as bitfield values. This leads to a bit of confusion. Also,
> raw values are harder to copy from datasheets or match up with them,
> as datasheets will typically have bitfield values.
> 
> Make the helpers expect bitfield values, and convert existing users.
> Include bitops.h explicitly for ffs(), and reorder the header include
> statements. While at it, also replace module.h with export.h, since the
> only use is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> 
...
>  static const unsigned int atc260x_ldo_voltage_range_sel[] = {
> -	0x0, 0x20,
> +	0x0, 0x1,
>  };

Is there any way the change can be done so that un-edited
modules fail to compile?
Otherwise the whole thing is an accident waiting to happen.

	David

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