Re: [PATCH/RFT v2 09/17] regulator: fixed: Add over current event

[Axel Haslam]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:53 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 06:46:26PM +0200, ahaslam@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> +             if (ret) {
>> +                     pr_err("Failed to request irq: %d\n", ret);
>
> dev_err()
>
>> +++ b/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h
>> @@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
>>   *             the most noisy and may not be able to handle fast load
>>   *             switching.
>>   *
>> + * OVERCURRENT Regulator has detected an overcurrent condition, and
>> + *             may be limiting the supply output.
>> + *
>> + *
>>   * NOTE: Most regulators will only support a subset of these modes. Some
>>   * will only just support NORMAL.
>>   *
>> @@ -84,6 +88,7 @@
>>  #define REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL                        0x2
>>  #define REGULATOR_MODE_IDLE                  0x4
>>  #define REGULATOR_MODE_STANDBY                       0x8
>> +#define REGULATOR_MODE_OVERCURRENT           0x10
>
> This is adding a new core feature with a new mode and should have been
> split out of the driver specific change with a spearate changelog.  Why

Ok, will do.

> does it make sense to report this as a mode, we don't report other error
> conditions as modes but instead use REGULATOR_STATUS_ with the
> get_status() operation?

I used mode, because when the regulator toggles the overcurrent
line, it means that it has entered a current limited mode, at least the
regulator im looking at. ill change to STATUS

Regards
Axel