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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 5/5] regulator: tps65090: Make FETs more reliable by adding retries
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Hi Doug,

On 16 April 2014 15:25, Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> wrote:
> Simon,
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
>>> +#define MAX_CTRL_READ_TRIES 5
>>> +#define MAX_FET_ENABLE_TRIES 1000
>>
>> Gosh that is a lot of tries - should we maybe give up sooner?
>
> That's actually a squash of a recent patch. See
> <https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/189239>. I've specifically
> seen at least one case on my device where it needed 888 retries at
> bootup!
>
> ...on my really old Chromebook, it seems to get into a bad state if it
> sits on my desk for a long time. After I use it a bit it rarely needs
> more than 10 retries.

Try to be kinder to your hardware?

Anyway, fair enough, if you've seen 888 then we need to deal with that case.

Regards,
Simon


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