Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: regulator: qcom,rpmh: Allow regulator-off-on-delay-us
From: Kamal Wadhwa
Date: Fri Feb 06 2026 - 11:20:14 EST
On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 04:30:27PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 09:50:05PM +0530, Kamal Wadhwa wrote:
>
> > But I'm wondering if this is really a 'slow discharge' issue, because if the
> > caps discharge slowly.. shouldn't the rails be turning back ON faster
> > compared to when they are completely discharged (fast discharge case without
> > bulk caps)?
>
> The issue is that some of the supplies fall to a level where they cause
> disruption to the devices using them but not far enough to put them back
> into a power on reset state, the device browns out somehow (I'm guessing
> some retained state is corrupted). Ideally they'd have POR circuits
> that handle this case well but apparently that's not the case.
I have checked:
- ALL the pm8010 regulators have the PD enabled in OFF state by default.
- From kernel enable/disable of regulator PD settings is not allowed. Its set
from the boot and stays as-is later.
But since its already enabled with strong PD, i guess it would not be needed
anyway.
Regards,
Kamal