Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:54:57 +0100 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: don't require a supply when supply_name is specified |
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 03:27:47PM -0700, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> Regulator drivers may specify regulator_desc->supply_name which > regulator_register() will use to find the supply node for a regulator. > If no supply was specified in the device tree or the supply has yet > to be registered regulator_register() will fail, deferring the probe > of the regulator. In the case where no supply node was specified in the > device tree, there is no supply and it is pointless to try and find one > later, so go ahead and add the regulator without the supply.
I'd call this a broken device tree to be honest, the regulators ought to have a supply specified. We should complain about it. We probably ought to be doing this though so I'll apply. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |