Re: [RESEND PATCH v4 4/4] drm: bridge: anx78xx: Add anx78xx driver support.

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Hi Thierry,

2016-05-02 16:22 GMT+02:00 Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 09:54:26AM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> [...]
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix-anx78xx.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix-anx78xx.c
> [...]
>> +static int anx78xx_init_pdata(struct anx78xx *anx78xx)
>> +{
>> +     struct device *dev = &anx78xx->client->dev;
>> +     struct anx78xx_platform_data *pdata = &anx78xx->pdata;
>> +
>> +     /* 1.0V digital core power regulator (optional) */
>> +     pdata->dvdd10 = devm_regulator_get(dev, "dvdd10");
>> +     if (IS_ERR(pdata->dvdd10)) {
>> +             DRM_INFO("DVDD10 regulator not found\n");
>> +             pdata->dvdd10 = NULL;
>> +     }
>
> I'm almost sure that this isn't what you want. What if the regulator is
> hooked up but the bridge driver probes before the regulator. I think
> what you really want is to simply propagate the error code via:
>
>         return PTR_ERR(pdata->dvdd10);
>
> My understanding is that the regulator core will give you a dummy one if
> there's really nothing hooked up. I think you're also supposed to call
> regulator_get_optional() (or the devm_*() equivalent) if this is truly
> an optional supply. Given that it's the "core power" regulator I doubt
> that it's really optional; it's more likely that you may not be able to
> control it, and that it's therefore always on. In that case you're
> supposed to model it in DT as a fixed regulator that's always on.
>

Yes, I was thinking in the case you're are not able to control it and
I make it as optional, and yes, you have reason so It's fine with me
the above solution.

> This is fairly minor and it's really the only thing I could find, so no
> need to respin just for that. If you're fine with the above solution (to
> propagate the error code) I can make the change manually while applying.
>

It's up to you. Whichever you prefer.


Thanks,
 Enric


> Thierry
>
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