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-rw-r--r-- | doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt index 918711e..65b69c4 100644 --- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt +++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Voltage/Current regulator Binding: The regulator devices don't use the "compatible" property. The binding is done -by the prefix of regulator node's name. Usually the pmic I/O driver will provide +by the prefix of regulator node's name, or, if this fails, by the prefix of the +regulator's "regulator-name" property. Usually the pmic I/O driver will provide the array of 'struct pmic_child_info' with the prefixes and compatible drivers. The bind is done by calling function: pmic_bind_childs(). Example drivers: @@ -15,8 +16,19 @@ For the node name e.g.: "prefix[:alpha:]num { ... }": Example the prefix "ldo" will pass for: "ldo1", "ldo@1", "ldoreg@1, ... +Binding by means of the node's name is preferred. However if the node names +would produce ambiguous prefixes (like "regulator@1" and "regualtor@11") and you +can't or do not want to change them then binding against the "regulator-name" +property is possible. The syntax for the prefix of the "regulator-name" property +is the same as the one for the regulator's node name. +Use case: a regulator named "regulator@1" to be bound to a driver named +"LDO_DRV" and a regulator named "regualator@11" to be bound to an other driver +named "BOOST_DRV". Using prefix "regualtor@1" for driver matching would load +the same driver for both regulators, hence the prefix is ambiguous. + Optional properties: -- regulator-name: a string, required by the regulator uclass +- regulator-name: a string, required by the regulator uclass, used for driver + binding if binding by node's name prefix fails - regulator-min-microvolt: a minimum allowed Voltage value - regulator-max-microvolt: a maximum allowed Voltage value - regulator-min-microamp: a minimum allowed Current value |