Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: fixed: support deferred probe for DT GPIOs

[Stephen Warren]

On 07/02/2012 10:03 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 09:40:06AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 07/01/2012 12:23 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
>>> ...this just seems rubbish, why aren't we just fixing the
>>> device tree code and why are we doing this at the device tree
>>> level rather than as a general gpiolib thing?
> 
>> It is being fixed in the DT code:
> 
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/18/468
> 
> Is that patch actually being applied (especially with Grant's free
> time issues)?  I've still got the patch sitting in my inbox since
> it wasn't clear what was going on.

It sounds like Rob Herring will be helping out on this for a few
weeks; see:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/2/3
"Re: SPI, GPIO, and DT maintainer ship (cry for help)"

I cc'd Grant and Rob to make sure.

>> However, it seemed best to make the regulator code work both
>> before and after that patch.
> 
> I'd be kind of inclined to just leave it broken to be honest rather
> than having a huge comment and dodgy code.

Hmmm. That would have made it kinda hard to use:-(
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