Re: WL12/WL18 SDIO Regulator Question

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* Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> [191211 14:14]:
> I am not sure where to post this, but a bunch of omap boards uses
> either the WL12 or WL18xx Wireless chips, and I have a generic
> question regarding the 'regulators' we use to set the enable pin on
> the WiFi chips.
> 
> When digging around in the mmc drivers, I found a driver called
> "mmc-pwrseq-simple"
> 
> It appears to do exactly what we want (ie, turn on the WiFi chip)
> without having to create a separate fixed regulator, but it also has
> the added functionality of enabling an external clock signal.
> 
> This mmc-pwrseq-simple driver appears to be referenced from the MMC
> level with the reference like "mmc-pwrseq = <&usdhc1_pwrseq>;" or
> something similar.
> 
> Should we use this type of mechanism instead of the simple regulators
> to enable/disable the WL12 and/or WL18xx chips?  I am not sure of the
> OMAP MMC/SD controller utilizes the "mmc-pwrseq" entry in the node or
> not.

Yes that should work and from what I recall no custom pwrseq handling
is needed. Maybe give it a try and configure the 70 ms enable delay?

Regards,

Tony



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