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From: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@freescale.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@ti.com>, <patches@linaro.org>,
	<tony@atomide.com>, <devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>,
	<lrg@ti.com>, <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:47:17 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111024144716.GG1755@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111024134930.GD26033@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 03:49:30PM +0200, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 09:40:26PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> 
> > +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
> > @@ -2673,7 +2673,8 @@ struct regulator_dev *regulator_register(struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
> >         BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&rdev->notifier);
> > 
> >         /* find device_node and attach it */
> > -       rdev->dev.of_node = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, regulator_desc->name);
> > +       rdev->dev.of_node = of_find_node_by_name(dev->parent->of_node,
> > +                                                regulator_desc->name);
> > 
> 
> Is that going to do the right thing if you've got a MFD which does
> register each regulator as a separate device?

Based on my understanding, 1:1 is just a special case of N:1.  I
failed to see any problem having it work with registering each
regulator as a separate device.

> Might be best to just
> search within dev and get drivers to pass the "real" device in when
> registering the regulator rather than the virtual device.
> 
It should also work, but it will also change the API slightly for
non-dt users.  I'm not sure it's something we want.

-- 
Regards,
Shawn


  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-24 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-10 16:19 [PATCH v2 0/5] Device tree support for regulators Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] regulator: twl: Remove hardcoded board constraints from driver Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:25   ` Mark Brown
2011-10-10 16:34     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] dt: add empty dt helpers for non-dt build Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-13 18:32   ` Grant Likely
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 17:22   ` Mark Brown
2011-10-11  5:59     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-13 18:38       ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 22:12         ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 18:40   ` Grant Likely
2011-10-16 14:55   ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-17  4:17     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-18 11:58       ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-18 16:00         ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19  5:33           ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 14:47             ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 15:04               ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 15:10                 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20  3:42                   ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20  9:41                     ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 12:10                       ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 16:27                       ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 16:40                         ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 17:05                           ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 17:22                             ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 19:57                               ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 20:10                                 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 21:42                                   ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 22:09                                     ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-24  9:07                               ` Grant Likely
2011-10-20 19:56                             ` Mark Brown
2011-10-18 13:20   ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 11:35     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-19 14:42       ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 14:50         ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20  5:18         ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20  6:14           ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-20 12:09             ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-21  8:23               ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-21  8:41                 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-21 11:58                   ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24  6:02                     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24  7:34                       ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24  8:17                       ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24  8:53                         ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24  9:19                           ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 10:05                             ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24  9:23                           ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24  9:02                         ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24  8:56                           ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24  9:11                             ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24  9:13                               ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 13:47                                 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25  6:00                                   ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25  6:26                                     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25  6:52                                     ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25  6:56                                       ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25  7:20                                         ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25  7:13                                           ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25  7:42                                             ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 11:35                               ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24  9:24                 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24  9:39                   ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:04                   ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:06                     ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:40                       ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:49                         ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 14:47                           ` Shawn Guo [this message]
2011-10-25  7:11                             ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:59                         ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 14:51                           ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 14:56                             ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 15:51                               ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 22:21                                 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-25  6:10                                 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25  7:08                                   ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25  7:01                                     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25  7:28                                       ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] regulator: adapt fixed regulator driver to dt Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-13 18:43   ` Grant Likely
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] regulator: map consumer regulator based on device tree Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 17:35   ` Mark Brown
2011-10-11  5:49     ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-11  7:08     ` Nayak, Rajendra
2011-10-13 16:52       ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 18:46       ` Grant Likely
2011-10-18 13:33   ` Shawn Guo

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