On 06/30/11 21:01, Mark Brown wrote: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 08:40:40PM +0300, Igor Grinberg wrote: >> On 06/30/11 19:13, Stanislav Brabec wrote: > >>> I seen two >>> proposals: >>> - As ADS7846 hardware does not require dedicated regulator, don't >>> require it in driver and fail only on platforms that have a dedicated >>> regulator. >> The thing is that ads7846 chip itself just requires power supply > Right, and the regulator API hides the non-switchability of the supply > from the driver so there's no need for the driver to worry about how the > supplies are wired up. It just turns the regulator on when it needs it > and turns it off when it doesn't. > >>>> 1) add regulator definition for ads7846 into the board file >>> There is no dedicated regulator on spitz, ADS7846 uses common always-on >>> power supply. >> Is there a kind of regulator for this case (except dummy)? >> Some kind of fixed regulator which is not binded to any supply? > This is just a fixed voltage regulator, support for that has been in the > kernel since the regulator API was merged. This is the best solution, > it ensures that you don't mistakenly activate dummy reglators for > supplies that really need software control.
Right, just as I thought (I still haven't made myself familiar with all the regulator API aspects). Stanislav, Can't you define a fixed voltage regulator for the ads7846 in spitz board file? This shouldn't be a hard task and is the right solution from the regulator API POV. -- Regards, Igor. _______________________________________________ Zaurus-devel mailing list Zaurus-devel@lists.linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zaurus-devel
