Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:58:08 +0100 | From | Karol Lewandowski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] regulator: add device tree support for max8997 |
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>> On 25.01.2012 12:22, Mark Brown wrote: >>> The big problem there seems like specifying voltages in the first >>> place, if we know what device it is we should already know what's >>> going on. > >> Driver which handles said regulator might know what's going on, but >> that might not be case for its consumers. Should we limit ability to >> query given parameter just because its value is hardcoded in hardware? > > I'm sorry, this makes no sense. Setting a value in the constraints is > not going to have any impact on the value reported by the driver, it > never has.
... with the exception of fixed regulator, that is. This is from where I got my flawed understanding.
Looking at other drivers I see that's indeed special case not practiced elsewhere.
Thanks for explaining this.
Regards, -- Karol Lewandowski | Samsung Poland R&D Center | Linux/Platform
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