This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ARM: dts: samsung: exynos4210-i9100: Unconditionally enable LDO12 to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: arm-dts-samsung-exynos4210-i9100-unconditionally-ena.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit d4e1dc126dce97720f2aed7d74115256f8db1475 Author: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Dec 6 23:15:54 2023 +0100 ARM: dts: samsung: exynos4210-i9100: Unconditionally enable LDO12 [ Upstream commit 84228d5e29dbc7a6be51e221000e1d122125826c ] The kernel hangs for a good 12 seconds without any info being printed to dmesg, very early in the boot process, if this regulator is not enabled. Force-enable it to work around this issue, until we know more about the underlying problem. Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 8620cc2f99b7 ("ARM: dts: exynos: Add devicetree file for the Galaxy S2") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.8+ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231206221556.15348-2-paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4210-i9100.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4210-i9100.dts index 93880bdbcad9..8232d843bfe0 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4210-i9100.dts +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4210-i9100.dts @@ -520,6 +520,14 @@ vtcam_reg: LDO12 { regulator-name = "VT_CAM_1.8V"; regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>; + + /* + * Force-enable this regulator; otherwise the + * kernel hangs very early in the boot process + * for about 12 seconds, without apparent + * reason. + */ + regulator-always-on; }; vcclcd_reg: LDO13 {