[PATCH v3 2/2] HID: i2c-hid: support regulator power on/off

[Brian Norris]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 05:16:15PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 04:42:15PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 04:37:37PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 04:31:10PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > > On some boards, we need to enable a regulator before using the HID, and
> > > > it's also nice to save power in suspend by disabling it. Support an
> > > > optional "vdd-supply" and a companion initialization delay.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris at chromium.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Caesar Wang <wxt at rock-chips.com>
> > > > Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos at kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: linux-input at vger.kernel.org
> > > > ---
> > > > v2:
> > > >  * support compatible property for wacom, with specific "vdd-supply" name
> > > >  * support the 100ms delay needed for this digitizer
> > > >  * target regulator support only at specific device
> > > > 
> > > > v3:
> > > >  * drop Wacom specifics and allow this to be used generically
> > > >  * add "init-delay-ms" property support
> > > > 
> > > >  drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > > >  include/linux/i2c/i2c-hid.h   |  6 ++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
> > > > index b3ec4f2de875..4cb523133d13 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c

...

> > > > @@ -937,6 +939,22 @@ static int i2c_hid_of_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> > > >  	}
> > > >  	pdata->hid_descriptor_address = val;
> > > >  
> > > > +	ret = of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "init-delay-ms", &val);
> > > > +	if (!ret)
> > > > +		pdata->init_delay_ms = ret;
> > > > +
> > > > +	pdata->supply = devm_regulator_get_optional(dev, "vdd");
> > > 
> > > Make it devm_regulator_get(), it's cleaner (you'll get a dummy regulator
> > > that you can enable/disbale and not check if it is null or not).
> > > 
> > > 	pdata->supply = devm_regulator_get_optional(dev, "vdd");
> > > 	if (IS_ERR(pdata->supply)) {
> > > 		ret = PTR_ERR(pdata->supply);
> > > 		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > > 			dev_err(...);
> > > 		return ret;
> > > 	}
> > 
> > I had it as devm_regulator_get() in v1, but at that time, I was faking
> > the firmware init delay using a regulator property. Now that I want to
> > delay in this driver after enabling the regulator, I'd like to know the
> > difference between a dummy and a real regulator. There's no need to wait
> > after messing with the dummy regulator.
> 
> If there is no regulator in ACPI/DT there would not be "init-delay-ms"
> property either.

I suppose that's a fair assumption... the difference being that you
assumed it, and I enforced it :)

Anyway, I can respin without the _optional(). I'll wait at least a day
or so, as the DT binding could use some review (it's the more
controversial piece).

Brian