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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 1/1] mfd: arizona: Export functions to control subsystem DVFS
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 03:57:42PM +0100, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
> The WM5102, WM8997, WM8998 and WM1814 codecs have an internal dynamic
> clock booster. When this booster is active, the DCVDD voltage must be
> increased. If all the currently active audio paths can run with the root
> SYSCLK we can disable the booster, allowing us to turn down DCVDD voltage
> to save power.
>
> Previously this was being done by having the booster enable bit set
> as a side-effect of the LDO1 regulator driver, which is unexpected
> behaviour of a regulator and not compatible with using an external
> regulator.
>
> This patch exports functions to handle the booster enable and
> DCVDD voltage, with each relevant subsystem flagging whether it can
> currently run without the booster. Note that these subsystems are
> stateless and none of them are nestable, so there's no need for
> reference counting, we only need a simple boolean for each subsystem
> of whether their current condition could require the booster or will
> allow us to turn the codec down to lower operating power.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>

Thanks,
Charles


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