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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 3/6] dt-bindings: mfd: da9062: add regulator voltage selection documentation
Hi Mark,

On 19-12-04 13:46, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 06:25:34PM +0100, Marco Felsch wrote:
>
> > + Optional regulator device-specific properties:
> > + - dlg,vsel-sense-gpios : A GPIO reference to a local general purpose input,
> > + the datasheet calls it GPI. The regulator sense the input signal and select
> > + the active or suspend voltage settings. If the signal is active the
> > + active-settings are applied else the suspend-settings are applied.
> > + Attention: Sharing the same GPI for other purposes or across multiple
> > + regulators is possible but the polarity setting must equal.
>
> I'm really confused by this. As far as I understand it it seems
> to be doing pinmuxing on the chip using the GPIO bindings which
> is itself a bit odd and I don't see anything here that configures
> whatever sets the state of the pins. Don't we need another GPIO
> to set the vsel-sense inputs on the PMIC?

Yes the PMIC is very configurable and it took a while till I understand
it.. @Adam please correct me if I'm wrong.

The PMIC regulators regardless of the type: ldo or buck can be
simplified drawn as:



da9062-gpio da9062-regulator

+-------------------------------------------------------
| PMIC
|
> GPIO0 +--------------------------+
| | REGULATOR-0 |
> GPIO1 -------+ | |
| +-- > vsel-in voltage-a-out <
> GPIO2 | | |
| | > enable-in voltage-b-out <
| | | |
| | +--------------------------+
| |
| | +--------------------------+
| | | REGULATOR-1 |
| | | |
| +-- > vsel-in voltage-a-out <
| | |
| > enable-in voltage-b-out <
| | |
| +--------------------------+
|

The 'vsel-in' and 'enable-in' regulator inputs must be routed to the
PMIC GPIOs which must be configured as input. If this is a pinmux in
your opinion, then yes we need to do that. IMHO it isn't a pinmux
because from the regulator point of view it is just a GPIO which comes
from our own gpio-dev (da9062-gpio). So the abstraction is vald. Anyway
I'm with you that this isn't the typical use-case.

Regards,
Marco

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