Re: [PATCH] phy: exynos5-usbdrd: Add facility to toggle vbus gpio on/off

From: Sylwester Nawrocki
Date: Wed Apr 09 2014 - 09:09:17 EST


On 09/04/14 14:24, Vivek Gautam wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Sylwester Nawrocki
> <s.nawrocki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On 09/04/14 13:54, Vivek Gautam wrote:
>>> >> Adding support to enable/disable VBUS hooked to a gpio
>>> >> to enable vbus supply on the port.
>> >
>> > Does the GPIO control a fixed voltage regulator ? If so, shouldn't
>> > it be modelled by the regulator API instead ?
>
> No, this GPIO controls a 'current limiting power distribution switch',
> which gives the output vbus to usb controller.
> Should i model this as a fixed regulator ?

OK, it's just a power switch then. I suspect using the regulator API
would be more universal, as such a GPIO is somewhat a board design
detail. I'm not going to object to your patch, just might be better
to use the gpiod API instead.

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Regards,
Sylwester
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