[PATCH v4 0/6] Add support for the LTM8054 voltage regulator

[Guenter Roeck]

On 11/25/25 02:25, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
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> Another suggestion: what extending the "regulator-fixed", "regulator-gpio",
> "regulator-fixed-clock" pattern by some "regulator-gpio-iio-dac-current-limiter"
> driver to make it independent of your specific chip?
> 
The name is terrible ;-), but that is what I would have suggested as well.
I don't see anything chip specific in this code. If there is a need for
a regulator driver which uses gpio to enable it and a DAC for current limiting,
it should be made generic.

> By the way, are you aware of this feature of the regulator-gpio driver?
> 
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.18-rc7/source/drivers/regulator/gpio-regulator.c#L97
> 
> Just to note: I am neither maintainer nor doing any decisions on this, just asking
> questions for curiosity and from experience and giving hints for alternative approaches,
> where I hope they help to find the really best solution.
> 
Same here.

Thanks,
Guenter