On Mon, 28 May 2018, Matti Vaittinen wrote: > Patch series adding support for ROHM BD71837 PMIC. > > BD71837 is a programmable Power Management IC for powering single-core, > dual-core, and quad-core SoC’s such as NXP-i.MX 8M. It is optimized for > low BOM cost and compact solution footprint. It integrates 8 buck > regulators and 7 LDO’s to provide all the power rails required by the > SoC and the commonly used peripherals. > > The driver aims to not limit the usage of PMIC. Thus the buck and LDO > naming is generic and not tied to any specific purposes. However there > is following limitations which make it mostly suitable for use cases > where the processor where PMIC driver is running is powered by the PMIC: > > - The PMIC is not re-initialized if it resets. PMIC may reset as a > result of voltage monitoring (over/under voltage) or due to reset > request. Driver is only initializing PMIC at probe. This is not > problem as long as processor controlling PMIC is powered by PMIC. > > - The PMIC internal state machine is ignored by driver. Driver assumes > the PMIC is wired so that it is always in "run" state when controlled > by the driver.
FYI, this patch-set is going to be difficult to manage since it was not sent 'threaded'. As people start replying to different patches, they are going to scatter-bomb throughout all of the recipient's inboxes. If/when you send a subsequent version, could you please ensure you send the set threaded so the patches keep in relation to one another as they are reviewed? -- Lee Jones [李琼斯] Linaro Services Technical Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
