Re: [PATCH] leds: lm3530: fix handling of already enabled regulators

From: Axel Lin
Date: Tue Apr 24 2012 - 08:35:28 EST


> Could you explain what 'enabled on boot' means ?
> 1) The regulator_enable() is called in initial time
> or
> 2) boot_on = 1 in regulator_init_data ?
>
> If you mean 'boot_on = 1' in regulator_init_data, then no use_count increase.

I mean boot_on = 1 in regulator_init_data.

I just checked the regulator core, and you are right that
no use_count increase if boot_on = 1 in this case.

use_count will be increased if boot_on = 1 && using regulator_get_exclusive.

Regards,
Axel
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