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SubjectRe: [PATCH] leds: Add LED class driver for regulator driven LEDs.
On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:06:58 +0000
Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:

> > + vcc = regulator_get(&pdev->dev, pdata->supply);
> > + if (IS_ERR(vcc)) {
> > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get vcc for %s\n", pdata->name);
> > + return PTR_ERR(vcc);;
> > + }
>
> You almost certainly want regulator_get_exclusive() here; this driver
> can't function properly if something else is using the regulator and
> holding the LED on or off without it. You'll also want to check the
> status of the LED on startup and update your internal status to match
> that.

When you refer to "the status of the LED on startup" do you mean a
initial brightness value passed via leds-regulator platform data, or the
initial status or the regulator itself?

Thanks,
Antonio

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