Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] regulator: mt6397: Add buck change mode regulator interface for mt6397

From: Mark Brown
Date: Wed May 11 2016 - 10:51:07 EST


On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 05:31:30PM +0800, Henry Chen wrote:

> +The possible values for "regulator-supported-modes" are:
> + 0: PWM mode, mapping to regulator fast mode, allow the
> + converter to remain in the PWM mode regardless of the load current, so
> + that the noise spectrum of the converter can be minimized for certain
> + highly-noise-sensitive handset applications.
> + 1: Auto mode, mapping to regulator normal mode, mode switch by current
> + loading. At light load currents, the converter automatically enters
> + PFM mode to save power and improve light load efficiency. At heavy
> + load currents, the converter automatically enters PWM mode to minimiz
> + the noise spectrum of the converter.

The details of how this maps onto Linux shouldn't be in the bindings.

> + regulator-allow-change-mode;
> + regulator-supported-modes = <0 1>;

These are problematic too as covered in my other mail.

> -static struct regulator_ops mt6397_volt_range_ops = {
> +static const struct regulator_ops mt6397_volt_range_ops = {

The constification is fine but an unrelated change. Otherwise this
looks fine from a code point of view, let's get that merged separately.

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