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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:12:05 +0100
From: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
To: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: Move lp3971 regulator driver to
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On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:00:44AM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> Regulators need to be available early in init in order to allow them
> to be available for consumers when requested.
>=20
> Other regulator drivers are already moved to subsys_initcall(),
> looks like only lp3971 is missing.

My 2 cents: it is safer to create such patches with real HW when there is a
need (we deal with a similar situation in i2c). Janitorial might do more ha=
rm
than good. Another option might be to call the patch a RFC?

Regards,

   Wolfram

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