Re: [PATCH 2/2] leds: lp50xx: remove unused regulator

[Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com>]

Pavel

On 2/3/21 8:23 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2021-02-03 07:49:35, Dan Murphy wrote:
>> Pavel
>>
>> On 2/3/21 3:02 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>> On Wed 2021-02-03 08:34:08, Sven Schuchmann wrote:
>>>> The regulator for vled-supply is unused in the driver.
>>>> It is just assigned from DT and disabled in lp50xx_remove.
>>>> So the code can be removed from the driver.
>>> Dan, what is going on here? Do we need to also enable the regulator,
>>> or is the removal correct thing to do?
>>>
>> I think it would be better to do an enable as opposed to removing the code.
>>
>> This would be needed especially in applications that have to meet strict
>> power management requirements.
>>
>> Users may want to disable or enable the regulator during suspend/resume.
>> Otherwise it would be considered always-on and the regulator does not need
>> to be populated.
> Do you have set up where this is needed and you can test this? Will
> you submit the fixes?

No I use an always on regulator in my setup. I have no managed supplies 
exposed.

Dan


> Best regards,
>
> 									Pavel