Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mfd: tps65218.c: Add input voltage options

[Christian Hohnstaedt]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 02:13:36PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019, Christian Hohnstaedt wrote:
> 
> > These options apply to all regulators in this chip.
> > 
> > ti,strict-supply-voltage-supervision:
> >   Set STRICT flag in CONFIG1
> > ti,under-voltage-limit-microvolt:
> >   Select 2.75, 2.95, 3.25 or 3.35 V UVLO in CONFIG1
> > ti,under-voltage-hyst-microvolt:
> >   Select 200mV or 400mV UVLOHYS in CONFIG2
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Hohnstaedt <Christian.Hohnstaedt@xxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Keerthy <j-keerthy@xxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Keerthy <j-keerthy@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/tps65218.c       | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/mfd/tps65218.h |  4 ++
> >  2 files changed, 93 insertions(+)
> 
> This looks like regulator code.
> 
> Why aren't you placing it into the regulator driver?

This code manages properties of the chip, affecting all regulators.

The regulator-driver has no hook to be called once for the chip.
Even if I put this code into the regulator driver file,
I will have to call it from here.

This would introduce a dependency from the mfd to the regulator code.


Christian