On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 12:36:28PM +0800, Lee Jones wrote:

> This:

> >sdi@80126000 {
> >         vmmc-supply = <&ab8500_ldo_aux3_reg>;
> >};

> Is the same as, and will cause no more issues than:

> >static struct regulator_consumer_supply ab8500_vaux3_consumers[] = {
> >        REGULATOR_SUPPLY("vmmc", "sdi0"),
> >};

> ... because only nodes which we care about (dictated by compatible
> declaration protections) will be parsed. So different platforms will
> not affect each other.

What makes you say the two are equivalent?  The former is a reference
from a consumer device to a named regulator while the latter is a
reference from a regulator to a named consumer.