Re: [PATCH 3/7] leds-lm3530: add 'is_vin_always_on' in thelm3530_platform_data

[Mark Brown]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 08:13:18PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:

> As far as I know we want to get rid of different design patterns
> avoiding the regulator interface. The way forward for this is
> either:

> (A) Provide a fixed voltage regulator in your platform for this
>   device (AFAIK the voltage does not even have to be correct)
> (B) Enable dummy regulators in your platform

> (A) is more elegant.

Yeah, regulator usage should essentially never be conditional at a
driver level unless there's actual optional supplies in the hardware.
The situation has never been any different to that.
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