Re: [PATCH RFC v4 07/13] regulator: find active protections during initialization

[Mark Brown]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 04:56:21PM +0300, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> On 6/20/23 23:03, Benjamin Bara wrote:

> > Warning can be fixed by enabling (or disabling) monitoring in the DT,
> > e.g.:
> > regulator-uv-protection-microvolt = <1>;
> > or
> > regulator-ov-error-microvolt = <0>;
> > 
> > Constraints regarding the monitoring of a regulator can usually be found
> > in the docu.

> I am not entirely sure if this is the right thing to do. Should we expect
> the hardware state to be what is described in DT at Linux boot-up - or,
> should we silently accept the fact that for example boot can alter things.

> From the 'code pov' I have no complaints though. I just can't say if warning
> is the right idea. I'll leave this for bigger brains to decide :)

Yes, this isn't really the idiom we normally adopt - the default thing
is to just leave the hardware untouched, that should not usually be
regarded as a problem.

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