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SubjectRe: regulator: Policy for setting current limits
On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 01:27:56AM +0200, Heiko Stübner wrote:

> 500). Therefore if 500mA are the upper limit but the regulator also supports
> lower values, these lower values always get selected (100mA in my case).
> In contrast pda_power sets the target current as both lower and upper limit.

This isn't good, it means that the regulator has to be able to deliver
exactly the limit requested.

> (a) let the gpio-regulator select the max current (in contrast to the minimum
> voltage)
> (b) change gpio-vbus to also use the target current as min and max value
> (c) something else

Regulators should be tending to the maximum in the available range and
consumers should specify the widest range possible so both a and b.
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