Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (lm90) Add power control
From: Guenter Roeck <hidden>
Date: 2013-08-07 07:50:01
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On 08/07/2013 12:32 AM, Wei Ni wrote:
On 08/07/2013 03:27 PM, Alexander Shiyan wrote:quoted
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The device lm90 can be controlled by the vdd rail. Adding the power control support to power on/off the vdd rail. And make sure that power is enabled before accessing the device. Signed-off-by: Wei Ni <redacted> --- drivers/hwmon/lm90.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++[...]quoted
+ if (!data->lm90_reg) { + data->lm90_reg = regulator_get(&client->dev, "vdd"); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(data->lm90_reg)) { + if (PTR_ERR(data->lm90_reg) == -ENODEV) + dev_info(&client->dev, + "No regulator found for vdd. Assuming vdd is always powered."); + else + dev_warn(&client->dev, + "Error [%ld] in getting the regulator handle for vdd.\n", + PTR_ERR(data->lm90_reg)); + data->lm90_reg = NULL; + mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock); + return -ENODEV; + } + } + if (is_enable) { + ret = regulator_enable(data->lm90_reg); + msleep(POWER_ON_DELAY);Can this delay be handled directly from regulator?I think it should be handled in the device driver. Because there have different delay time to wait devices stable.
Then why does no other caller of regulator_enable() need this ? I don't think lm90 is so much different to other users of regulator functionality. Besides that, your delay is unconditional, even for static regulators which are always on. Other callers of regulator_enable() don't need all that complexity, which I take as sign that it is not needed here either. Guenter