Re: [PATCH v5] MFD MAX8998/LP3974: Support Charger

[Mark Brown]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 02:22:59PM +0900, MyungJoo Ham wrote:
> With the new regulator, "CHARGER", users can control charging
> current and turn on and off the charger. Note that the charger
> specification of LP3974 is different from that of MAX8998.
> 
> driver/power/max8998.c supports power supply APIs for
> 
> 1. "ONLINE" monitors the charger status, which can be
> different from the status "CHARGER"; e.g., users allowed the charger
> to charge, but the MAX8998 chip decided not to do so.
> 
> 2. "PRESENT" monitors the battery status (the existence of the
> battery).
> 
> Signed-off-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>

My major concern here is still that the regulator and power drivers
aren't connected at all - it feels like either the regulator driver is
redundant or the power driver ought to be a consumer of the regulator
driver.
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