The kernel hangs for a good 12 seconds without any info being printed to dmesg, very early in the boot process, if this regulator is not enabled. Force-enable it to work around this issue, until we know more about the underlying problem. Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 8620cc2f99b7 ("ARM: dts: exynos: Add devicetree file for the Galaxy S2") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v5.8+ --- arch/arm/boot/dts/samsung/exynos4210-i9100.dts | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/samsung/exynos4210-i9100.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/samsung/exynos4210-i9100.dts index a9ec1f6c1dea..a076a1dfe41f 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/samsung/exynos4210-i9100.dts +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/samsung/exynos4210-i9100.dts @@ -527,6 +527,14 @@ vtcam_reg: LDO12 { regulator-name = "VT_CAM_1.8V"; regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>; + + /* + * Force-enable this regulator; otherwise the + * kernel hangs very early in the boot process + * for about 12 seconds, without apparent + * reason. + */ + regulator-always-on; }; vcclcd_reg: LDO13 { -- 2.42.0