[PATCH 3/4] arm64: dts: qcom: x1-dell-thena: mark l12b and l15b always-on

Michael Scott mike.scott at oss.qualcomm.com
Wed May 20 17:36:14 PDT 2026


The l12b and l15b supplies are used by components that are not (fully)
described (and some never will be) and must never be disabled.

Mark the regulators as always-on to prevent them from being disabled,
for example, when consumers probe defer or suspend.

Note that these supplies currently have no consumers described in
mainline for dell-thena beyond the audio codec (vdd-buck/vdd-rxtx/
vdd-io on wcd938x), which can release them when the codec goes idle.
The board-level gpio-fixed regulators that feed the Type-C retimer's
VDDIO and other rails are not described with a vin-supply link, so
the kernel cannot keep their parent LDOs alive on its own.

This mirrors the same change Johan Hovold applied to every other
X1E80100 board in a March 2025 series; commit 63169c07d740
("arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: mark l12b and l15b always-on")
is representative. The dell-thena board file was introduced four months
later and did not inherit that change; this patch closes the gap.

Fixes: e7733b42111c ("arm64: dts: qcom: Add support for Dell Inspiron 7441 / Latitude 7455")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Scott <mike.scott at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1-dell-thena.dtsi | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1-dell-thena.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1-dell-thena.dtsi
index 96e7a18366dc..d93b704872b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1-dell-thena.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1-dell-thena.dtsi
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ vreg_l12b_1p2: ldo12 {
 			regulator-min-microvolt = <1200000>;
 			regulator-max-microvolt = <1200000>;
 			regulator-initial-mode = <RPMH_REGULATOR_MODE_HPM>;
+			regulator-always-on;
 		};
 
 		vreg_l13b_3p0: ldo13 {
@@ -610,6 +611,7 @@ vreg_l15b_1p8: ldo15 {
 			regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>;
 			regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>;
 			regulator-initial-mode = <RPMH_REGULATOR_MODE_HPM>;
+			regulator-always-on;
 		};
 	};
 
-- 
2.53.0




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