Re: [PATCH 2/5] arm64: dts: qcom: qcm6490-fairphone-fp5: Add VTOF_LDO_2P8 regulator

From: Konrad Dybcio
Date: Thu Oct 09 2025 - 05:22:46 EST


On 10/9/25 11:16 AM, Luca Weiss wrote:
> Hi Konrad,
>
> On Wed Oct 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM CEST, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 9/30/25 3:57 PM, Luca Weiss wrote:
>>> Describe yet another regulator-fixed on this board, powering the ToF
>>> sensor.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca.weiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qcm6490-fairphone-fp5.dts | 13 +++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qcm6490-fairphone-fp5.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qcm6490-fairphone-fp5.dts
>>> index 36d5750584831d66b4c2faf6042e4cbb3274eca7..0a64e5721e092d1f3e4bb7329335704eee567761 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qcm6490-fairphone-fp5.dts
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qcm6490-fairphone-fp5.dts
>>> @@ -195,6 +195,19 @@ vreg_usb_redrive_1v8: regulator-usb-redrive-1v8 {
>>> pinctrl-names = "default";
>>> };
>>>
>>> + vreg_vtof_ldo_2p8: regulator-vtof-ldo-2p8 {
>>> + compatible = "regulator-fixed";
>>> + regulator-name = "VTOF_LDO_2P8";
>>> + regulator-min-microvolt = <2800000>;
>>> + regulator-max-microvolt = <2800000>;
>>> + regulator-enable-ramp-delay = <233>;
>>> +
>>> + gpio = <&tlmm 141 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
>>
>> You may want to define the pincfg/mux config for this gpio too
>
> While I wouldn't say it's not good to have it, there's plenty of GPIOs
> that have no pinctrl for it. Downstream doesn't set anything for gpio141
> either.
>
> I honestly wouldn't even know what the 'default' for a GPIO is in the
> first place, or could I query the runtime state from the kernel? Is
> /sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl/f100000.pinctrl/pinconf-groups trustworthy to
> solidify this in the dts?

I normally use /sys/kernel/debug/gpios

>
> 141 (gpio141): input bias disabled, output drive strength (2 mA), output enabled, pin output (0 level)

but this seems to be formatted very similarly if not identically

Generally it reads out HW state, via (among other things)
msm_config_group_get()

Konrad