Re: [PATCH] regulator: ti-abb: Add support for interleaved LDO registers

From: Nishanth Menon
Date: Fri Jan 17 2014 - 13:11:57 EST


On 01/17/2014 12:00 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:47:29AM -0600, Nishanth Menon wrote:
>> On 01/17/2014 10:08 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
>
>>> Is there a system controller involved here by any chance?
>
>> Nope. ABB LDO module is a standalone instance whose register set
>> happens to be part of a memory range, as I recently got to know, is a
>> favorite for our hardware designers to put "misc" modules at SoC
>> integration time - Sigh! I guess I have made more than enough stink
>> about this internally already :(.
>
> That sounds exactly like a system controller :)
Hmm.. I have considered something like PRCM in OMAP as a system
controller... anyways.. I think I miss your suggestion here. Is there
something you might suggest to improve in the patch or take an
alternative route?


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Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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