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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] regmap: Allow caches for devices with no defaults
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On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:44:36 BST, Mark Brown said:
> We only really need the defaults in order to cut down the number of
> registers we sync and to satisfy reads while the device is powered off

So let me get this straight - we cache the values so that if there's a read,
we can return our best guess as to what the device would return if it was
in fact powered on, instead of notifying the caller that the device is off?

I think I just sprained my brain trying to parse the logic there :)
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