Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: add QCOM RPMh regulator driver

[Lina Iyer]

On Fri, Apr 20 2018 at 13:07 -0600, David Collins wrote:
> On 04/18/2018 10:55 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Quoting David Collins (2018-03-22 18:30:06)
> > > On 03/21/2018 12:07 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > > > Quoting David Collins (2018-03-16 18:09:10)
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/regulator/Kconfig b/drivers/regulator/Kconfig
> > > > > index 097f617..e0ecd0a 100644

> > > > > +       ret = cmd_db_ready();
> > > > > +       if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > +               if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > > > > +                       dev_err(dev, "Command DB not available, ret=%d\n", ret);
> > > > > +               return ret;
> > > > > +       }
> > > >
> > > > We should just make rpmh parent device call cmd_db_ready() so that these
> > > > devices aren't even populated until then and so that cmd_db_ready() is
> > > > only in one place. Lina?
> > >
> > > Let's see if Lina has qualms about this plan.
> >
> > Sounds like you're ok with it.
>
> Sure, I'll remove this check if Lina agrees to add it in the rpmh driver.
We want to make the RSC nodes child of Command DB? That way we probe the
controllers only if the command DB is ready?

I could do that. Just so you know, there is are no strict directives to
use Command DB. If a driver knows the information it needs to pass to
the accelerator, it may choose to skip command DB completely.

Thanks,
Lina