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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:40:48 +0530
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Keep boot_on regulators powered during init
From: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@linaro.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@stericsson.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>,
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On 26 April 2012 14:05, Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 09:04:01PM +0530, Jassi Brar wrote:
>
>>  Shouldn't the bootloader be responsible for ensuring MMC is
>> put down after using it and before passing control to the kernel.
>
> You might want to try to ensure that bootloaders always do the right
> thing but I prefer to work on more achievable goals like world peace. :/
>
>>From what Ulf described so far, I am not sure if even gagging the regulator
api could be seen as a foolproof solution to the problem - he still doesn't
account for the necessary 'power-down sequence of commands' without
which the eMMC might fail attempts by the mmc stack to reset and initialize.

Appeasements and treaties could help achieve peace, I am just not sure
if former is a good option this time :)