Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: exynos: set LDO7 regulator as always on

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Hello Krzysztof,

On 01/24/2017 02:52 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 01:45:28PM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
>> LDO7 regulator beside DSI and HDMI provides power for core blocks in Exynos
>> 5433 SoC. Disabling it causes serious current leak - about 200mA.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi | 4 ++++
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi
>> index 5f1e172..b22bec8 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi
>> @@ -432,6 +432,10 @@
>>  				regulator-name = "VDD18_MIPI2L_1.8V_AP";
>>  				regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>;
>>  				regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>;

I see you already applied, but I think it would be good to have some comments
here explaining why the regulator should be always-on. Otherwise, in future a
developer might want to disable the regulator since it may think that is not
needed due dsi and hdmi already enabling it.

>> +				regulator-always-on;
>> +				regulator-state-mem {
>> +					regulator-off-in-suspend;
>> +				};
> 
> Thanks, applied.
>
> Just to satisfy my curiosity, how disabling the regulator causes current
> leak? What happens exactly?
>

I was wondering the same.

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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