Re: [PATCH 04/13] ARM: dts: qcom: disable smb208 regulators for ipq8064-rb3011

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 6.07.2022 15:19, Christian Marangi wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 03:31:55PM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
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>> On 6.07.2022 14:56, Christian Marangi wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 03:03:32PM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
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>>>> On 5.07.2022 15:39, Christian Marangi wrote:
>>>>> Mikrotik RB3011 have a special configuration where the regulators are
>>>>> not the common smb208 controlled by RPM but they use a TPS563900
>>>>> controlled via i2c. Disable the smb208 for this specific device.
>>>> Ok, so that answers my question from the previous email.
>>>> Please define the SMB208 regulators only in the DTs of
>>>> boards that actually use it, as it is not a SoC component as
>>>> far as I can tell.
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>>>> Konrad
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>>> This was already discuessed,
>> Yeah sorry, I didn't notice earlier and started reviewing patches
>> that were already reviewed by others.
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> Np, thanks for the review.
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>> rb3011 is the exception, qcom for ipq8064
>>> recommends to use smb208 but gives the option to implement it in their
>>> own way. So again we have 28 device with smb208 and 1 device that use
>>> its own special way...
>>>
>>> Wonder if a separate dtsi can be used for this if we really can't put
>>> smb208 in ipq8064 dtsi?
>> There's msm8916-pm8916.dtsi. You can follow.
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> Ok, will put the smb208 definition to a separate dtsi, something like
> ipq8064-smb208.dtsi? or ipq8064-rpm-smb208.dtsi? Looks also cleaner that
> way.
You can create ipq8064-smb208.dtsi that will also contain every ipq8064-plus-smb208-specific
configuration, such as regulator assignemnts to in-SoC components (like PHYs, SDHCIs etc.).

Konrad
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