Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: Add GPIO enable control to fixed voltage regulator driver

[Roger Quadros <quadros.roger@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:38 PM, pHilipp Zabel<philipp.zabel@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Mark
> Brown<broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 07:19:49PM +0300, Roger Quadros wrote:
>>
>>
>>> +             ret = gpio_get_value(config->gpio);
>>
>> Can this fail?  It returns an int...
>
> No, gpio_get_value(_cansleep) return either zero or non-zero.
> I think some I2C gpio chips just return zero when the read fails.
> Also that's the return value if a gpiochip doesn't define the .get method.
>
> Only problem: drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c contains this piece of wisdom:
>
> /* Drivers MUST set GPIO direction before making get/set calls.  In
>  * some cases this is done in early boot, before IRQs are enabled.
>  [...]
>  */
>

Not having gpio_get_direction() in gpiolib is a limitation I think.
Can we just do the following for now ? (i.e. disable regulator by default)
Will there be any glitch? If yes, then how?

                ret = gpio_request(config->gpio, config->supply_name);
                ...

-               ret = gpio_get_value(config->gpio);
-               ret = gpio_direction_output(config->gpio, ret);
+               ret = gpio_direction_output(config->gpio, !config->enable_high);
                if (ret) {
                        dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not configure
enable GPIO %d direction: %d\n",
                                                        config->gpio, ret);
                        goto err_gpio;
                }