* Keerthy <a0393...@ti.com> [140709 03:59]: > On Wednesday 09 July 2014 04:20 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote: > >* Keerthy <a0393...@ti.com> [140709 03:39]: > >>On Wednesday 09 July 2014 03:39 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote: > >>>* Keerthy <a0393...@ti.com> [140709 02:36]: > >>>>On Wednesday 09 July 2014 02:42 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote: > >>>>>* Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvu...@ti.com> [140709 01:37]: > >>>>>>--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7-evm.dts > >>>>>>+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7-evm.dts > >>>>>>@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ > >>>>>> regulator-min-microvolt = > >>>>>> <1050000>; > >>>>>> regulator-max-microvolt = > >>>>>> <1050000>; > >>>>>> regulator-boot-on; > >>>>>>+ regulator-always-on; > >>>>>> }; > >>>>>Is this regulator really always on? > >>>>This feeds on to RTC which is a free running clock. So i guess always on > >>>>is > >>>>justified no? > >>>Well the dts entries should describe the hardware. If the > >>>regulator can be enabled and disabled, we should not claim it's > >>>always on. > >> From the PMIC perspective every regulator can be enabled and > >>disabled. From a Board perspective there are some which need > >>to be always on. For Ex: SMPS123 which feeds on to the MPU. > >Right, and we already have regulator-boot-on for those. Or are > >you seeing some issue with that? > regulator-boot-on describes that at boot a particular regulator is on. > It does not guarantee that it will be on for the rest of the time. The > regulator framework can go ahead and disable it if no one has requested > for it. In case of RTC we do not want that to happen.
That's a bug in the RTC driver then. The driver should request a regulator if it's specified. Regards, Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
