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SubjectRe: [patch 2.6.29-rc] regulator: add get_status()
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:03:17PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:

> * Define a new regulator driver get_status() method, which is the
> first method reporting regulator outputs instead of inputs.
> It can report on/off and error status; or instead of simply
> "on", report the actual operating mode.

> For the moment, this is a sysfs-only interface, not accessible to
> regulator clients. Such clients can use the current notification
> interfaces to detect errors, if the regulator reports them.

It's useful for bootstrapping purposes - the notifiers will only report
changes. Not that this is something that should happen on a regular
basis so I'd be surprised if there were much demand.

> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>

Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>

but...

> +enum regulator_status {
> + REGULATOR_STATUS_OFF,
> + REGULATOR_STATUS_ON,
> + REGULATOR_STATUS_ERROR,
> + /* fast/normal/idle/standby are flavors of "on" */
> + REGULATOR_STATUS_FAST,
> + REGULATOR_STATUS_NORMAL,
> + REGULATOR_STATUS_IDLE,
> + REGULATOR_STATUS_STANDBY,
> +};
> +

> + /* report regulator status ... most other accessors report
> + * control inputs, this reports results of combining inputs
> + * from Linux (and other sources) with the actual load.
> + */
> + int (*get_status)(struct regulator_dev *);
> +

...this needs kerneldoc adding.


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