[PATCH v4] extcon: Palmas Extcon Driver

[Kishon Vijay Abraham I]

Hi,

On Tuesday 07 May 2013 01:28 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 10:42:53AM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>> On Monday 06 May 2013 08:10 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 06:47:04PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>>
>>>> +		if (palmas_usb->linkstat != PALMAS_USB_STATE_VBUS) {
>>>> +			if (palmas_usb->vbus_reg) {
>>>> +				ret = regulator_enable(palmas_usb->vbus_reg);
>>>> +				if (ret) {
>>>> +					dev_dbg(palmas_usb->dev,
>>>> +						"regulator enable failed\n");
>>>> +					goto ret0;
>
>>> This is very bad karma, why is the regulator optional?
>
>> The platform can provide it's own vbus control in which case this is
>> not needed.
>
> So why is there no interaction with this external VBUS control and how
> does the driver distinguish between that and an error getting the
> regulator?

The platform specifies if it provides its own VBUS control by the dt 
property ti,no_control_vbus. So the driver will give an error only when 
*ti,no_control_vbus* is not set. Graeme?

Thanks
Kishon