Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] ARM: dts: DRA7: Add node for RTC

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* Keerthy <a0393675@xxxxxx> [140709 03:59]:
> On Wednesday 09 July 2014 04:20 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >* Keerthy <a0393675@xxxxxx> [140709 03:39]:
> >>On Wednesday 09 July 2014 03:39 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >>>* Keerthy <a0393675@xxxxxx> [140709 02:36]:
> >>>>On Wednesday 09 July 2014 02:42 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >>>>>* Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@xxxxxx> [140709 01:37]:
> >>>>>>--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7-evm.dts
> >>>>>>+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7-evm.dts
> >>>>>>@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
> >>>>>>  					regulator-min-microvolt = <1050000>;
> >>>>>>  					regulator-max-microvolt = <1050000>;
> >>>>>>  					regulator-boot-on;
> >>>>>>+					regulator-always-on;
> >>>>>>  				};
> >>>>>Is this regulator really always on?
> >>>>This feeds on to RTC which is a free running clock. So i guess always on is
> >>>>justified no?
> >>>Well the dts entries should describe the hardware. If the
> >>>regulator can be enabled and disabled, we should not claim it's
> >>>always on.
> >> From the PMIC perspective every regulator can be enabled and
> >>disabled. From a Board perspective there are some which need
> >>to be always on. For Ex: SMPS123 which feeds on to the MPU.
> >Right, and we already have regulator-boot-on for those. Or are
> >you seeing some issue with that?
> regulator-boot-on describes that at boot a particular regulator is on.
> It does not guarantee that it will be on for the rest of the time. The
> regulator framework can go ahead and disable it if no one has requested
> for it. In case of RTC we do not want that to happen.

That's a bug in the RTC driver then. The driver should request a
regulator if it's specified.

Regards,

Tony
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