Re: Question about fixed regulator DT properties

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 07:27:06PM +0200, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> On 25.11.2014 14:17, Mark Brown wrote:

> b) "regulator-boot-on" does not mean that the regulator is controlled by
> bootloader or firmware exclusively.

That's correct...

> >>> Should documentation be updated to reflect "regulator-boot-on" role that
> >>> a regulator is re-enabled by the kernel?

> > I'm confused about this.  That's the sole purpose of the flag and as far
> > as I can tell it's what the documentation says.

> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt says:

>   - regulator-boot-on: bootloader/firmware enabled regulator

> I would suggest to add Linux kernel to that list of regulator
> controllers, if it is the intention. In its current state the
> documentation makes an impression that "regulator-boot-on" property
> instructs the kernel to ignore regulator setup, since it is already
> controlled by bootloader or firmware.

No, not at all.  It's referring to the state when Linux starts.

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