Re: [PATCH 7/7] pinctrl: tegra: Add driver to configure voltage and power state of io pads

[Laxman Dewangan]

On Friday 15 April 2016 04:45 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Friday 15 April 2016 02:55 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > > If the pin could actually set a voltage level it would have a regulator.
> > > I don't believe that. I think it is selecting one of two rails which
> > > could theoretically hold two totally different voltages.
> > >
> > > And that is what power-source is about.
> > The IO rails connected to PMIC rail and connection does not get change.
> > We change the voltage of PMIC rails via regulator calls. And then configure
> > pads for the new voltage.
> Aha I get it! So you adjust something in the I/O-cell so that it is adapted
> for the new voltage.
>
> OK that seems to be something new. I suspect
> power-voltage-select = <n>; where N i in uV would solve this?
> (We should use uV since regulators use this.)

Thanks for new property. I will make the unit and type same as the 
regulator framework.



> But to be sure we would like to know what is actually happening,
> electronically speaking, when you set this up. Do you have any
> idea?


From electronic point of view, the value of VIL, VIH, VOL, VOH 
(Input/output voltage level for low and high state) are different when 
talking for 0 t 1.8V and 0 to 3.3V.