Re: [PATCH v2 11/14] regulator: s2mps11: Add opmode for S2MPS14 regulators

From: Mark Brown
Date: Thu Feb 13 2014 - 14:29:17 EST


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:14:04AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> S2MPS11/S2MPS14 regulators support different modes of operation:
> - Always off;
> - On/Off controlled by pin/GPIO (PWREN/LDOEN/EMMCEN);
> - Always on;
> This is very similar to S5M8767 regulator driver which also supports
> opmodes (although S5M8767 have also low-power mode).

What is the difference between always off/on and the normal enable
control? This sounds like a fairly standard register control that can
be overridden by a GPIO. The usual way of specifying that is by keying
off the presence of the GPIO.

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