Re: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: arizona: Export function to control subsystem DVFS

From: Charles Keepax
Date: Mon Jun 16 2014 - 13:09:43 EST


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 05:48:58PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 05:42:42PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, 09 Jun 2014, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> > > + if (arizona->subsys_max_rq != new_flags) {
>
> > I don't really get this. What's the point in passing the mask
> > parameter - I don't see it being used for anything in this routine? No
> > matter what is passed in you always just turn on the same regulator.
>
> > What am I missing?
>
> AFAICT it's a bunch of different independently selectable requests for
> the voltage to ramped with any one of them causing it to happen.
>
> I did wonder why this wasn't just done by refcounting, that's the more
> normal pattern in the kernel, though I guess it's possible some of them
> need different ramps on different devices.

Currently this is not the case, although it is certainly not
unthinkable that it would occur in future devices.

Thanks,
Charles
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