Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] simplefb: Add regulator handling support

From: Tomi Valkeinen
Date: Tue Nov 24 2015 - 06:02:29 EST




On 17/11/15 06:31, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is v5 of the simplefb regulator support series. This series adds
> regulator claiming and enabling support for simplefb.
>
> Hans, I dropped your Reviewed-by tag from patch 2 since v4.
>
> Changes since v5:
> - Rebased onto v4.4-rc1
> - Dropped dts patches (merged)
>
> Changes since v4:
> - Fixed inverted logic when testing the property name.
> - Fixed regulator supply name string copy length off by 1.
> - Added real world user, MSI Primo 81 dts patches.
>
> Changes since v3:
> - Dropped extra "if" which is always true, leftover from v1.
> - Updated commit message of patch 1
>
> Sometimes the simplefb display output path consits of external conversion
> chips and/or LCD drivers and backlights. These devices normally have
> GPIOs to turn them on and/or bring them out of reset, and regulators
> supplying power to them.
>
> While the kernel does not touch unclaimed GPIOs, the regulator core
> happily disables unused regulators. Thus we need simplefb to claim
> and enable the regulators used throughout the display pipeline.
>
> The binding supports any named regulator supplies under its device
> node. The driver will look through its properties, and claim any
> regulators by matching "*-supply", as Mark suggested.
>
> I've not done a generic helper in the regulator core yet, instead doing
> the regulator property handling in the simplefb code for now.
>
>
> Patch 1 adds the regulator properties to the DT binding.
>
> Patch 2 adds code to the simplefb driver to claim and enable regulators.
>
> Regards
> ChenYu
>
>
> Chen-Yu Tsai (2):
> dt-bindings: simplefb: Support regulator supply properties
> simplefb: Claim and enable regulators
>
> .../bindings/display/simple-framebuffer.txt | 13 ++-
> drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>

Thanks, queued for 4.5.

Tomi

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