Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:23:23 +0000 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] regulator: adapt fixed regulator driver to dt |
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On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 03:09:32PM -0700, Olof Johansson wrote:
> But even things like allowing (optional) attributes such as > startup-delay on non-fixed regulators could make sense. Keep in mind > that the device tree should focus on describing the hardware, not just > what the linux driver needs from it. So maybe instead of > startup-delay, specifying ramp-up speed instead of time needed until > power is good could be the way to go there.
This is in general something that a driver should know as a result of knowing which regulator it's dealing with - in many cases these are properties which can be varied at runtime on hardware which has register control. Replicating this into the device tree would make things more error prone.
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