Re: [PATCH 08/22] regulator: Change ab8500 match names to reflectDevice Tree

[Lee Jones]

On 01/06/12 09:48, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 12:36:28PM +0800, Lee Jones wrote:
>
> > This:
>
> > > sdi@80126000 {
> > >          vmmc-supply =<&ab8500_ldo_aux3_reg>;
> > > };
>
> > Is the same as, and will cause no more issues than:
>
> > > static struct regulator_consumer_supply ab8500_vaux3_consumers[] = {
> > >         REGULATOR_SUPPLY("vmmc", "sdi0"),
> > > };
>
> > ... because only nodes which we care about (dictated by compatible
> > declaration protections) will be parsed. So different platforms will
> > not affect each other.
>
> What makes you say the two are equivalent?  The former is a reference
> from a consumer device to a named regulator while the latter is a
> reference from a regulator to a named consumer.

I mean they both link regulator<->consumer and apply the name "vmmc" to 
the supply, or am I missing something / getting confused?

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