On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2016-12-13 20:27 GMT+01:00 Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 11:21:44PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: >>> Some boards are equipped with simple, GPIO-driven power load switches. >>> An example of such ICs is the TI tps229* series. >> >> How is this different than a GPIO regulator? The input and output >> voltages just happen to be the same. I could be convinced this is >> different enough to have a different compatible, but it somewhat seems >> you want to use this for IIO, so you are creating a different binding >> for that usecase. >> > > It's more of a fixed regulator I suppose. Do you mean adding a new > compatible to the fixed-regulator binding (e.g. "gpio-power-switch" or > "simple-power-switch") and then providing an iio driver for toggling > the switch? Yes, at least the first part. I view the switch as just a more specific subtype of a fixed-regulator. Whether an IIO driver is a separate discussion which is happening. Rob P.S. I really don't like compatibles with "simple". -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
