Re: [PATCH 2/9] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data

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On 9/30/2011 6:27 AM, Nayak, Rajendra wrote:

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They need both.  We need to reference the device that provides the
supply and use a name to say which of the potentially multiple supplies
on the consumer device is which.

Mark, I still seem to be a little confused with this one as to why
we would need a phandle *and* a supply-name to reference a parent
regulator/supply.
The phandle would point to a regulator dt node and that node internally
would have just one name associated with it.

I think as well that we should avoid considering a regulator with several outputs. I saw the same pattern used for the clock binding in DT as well.

A clock node like a regulator node should output only one signal.
These nodes should provide atomic functionality. And if extra functionality are needed we might consider adding some intermediate nodes. Except for a regulator that will output several lines at the same voltage to spread the current load, assuming it does exist, I'm not sure to understand the need.

Mark,
What usage do you have in mind for such supply node with several outputs?

Regards,
Benoit
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