From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3482BC6FD1C for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:13:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229673AbjCVNNI (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:13:08 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41938 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229656AbjCVNNH (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:13:07 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C8B711145; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 06:13:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 270E7620D3; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:13:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0E4EBC433D2; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:13:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1679490784; bh=UvO/rgqkGbJc95T3t1UHTtRhKye0R10rQgK65bejcvc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=rtogtzHurkiu0kIVZthRLVF/mYAru9YONzebTzm+AJ8rVO448D78s/SRmH79K7a4l JI9yrdZtJd8iIU2gMRTGDXQuAcvImATuA1Y3JNexyu+u7KQA9257HhXJ6cdM3Cgk1j 4w45fYlEKXAcXde6VgDUnMV2rRHdQNEIlzp73JDAzjOBuFkFZ9ZwJcNAEIKBuQSbJz HWWXDI3vcf1Wk2IcsLhz2Ez/05ETpxeMNnTv0FPyYvHWQwm4Kur6lZ3n4UZjRYCLxk oF2XH1rhWkdzWjJX5wJHrZTdnI55T7WJjh7w/6SA2DBuOKT/pSYdjktOnx81nuIj43 r6cfoRu51B9GA== Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:13:17 +0000 From: Mark Brown To: Julien Panis Cc: Esteban Blanc , linus.walleij@linaro.org, lgirdwood@gmail.com, a.zummo@towertech.it, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org, jneanne@baylibre.com Subject: Re: [PATCH INTERNAL v1 3/3] regulator: tps6594-regulator: Add driver for TI TPS6594 regulators Message-ID: References: <20230224133129.887203-1-eblanc@baylibre.com> <20230224133129.887203-4-eblanc@baylibre.com> <205a4e62-fd87-629c-ea34-d863ff1549d8@baylibre.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7b77vJCR5aLhKSWc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <205a4e62-fd87-629c-ea34-d863ff1549d8@baylibre.com> X-Cookie: Single tasking: Just Say No. Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org --7b77vJCR5aLhKSWc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:10:23AM +0100, Julien Panis wrote: > Question @ Mark/Liam: > Shouldn't we use the generic 'regulator-coupled-with' property > instead of 'ti,multi-phase-id' ? My understanding was that this was a hardware configuration where two regulators operate as one with only one set of registers used for configuration. > I am in charge of upstreaming dt-bindings and maintainers > pointed out the similarity between 'multi-phase' and 'coupled' > regulator concepts. Does 'regulator-coupled-with' mean that > outputs of buck converters are combined ? If so, this generic > property should replace our specific 'ti,multi-phase-id' prop, > I guess. No, coupled regulators are regulators where the voltages can vary but there's a constraint that their configurations need to be related somehow, for example they must be within 200mV of each other or something like that. --7b77vJCR5aLhKSWc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAmQa/u0ACgkQJNaLcl1U h9CHVwf+MNSLGVVn5oahssZebfVn5ilv5kCZfyYQW582N/XQEr64fra8vYqaYDps nxq0VkcVPeLeN9z69Alhpz3bSLsHVWP22N9v8usCp3Q6NlC6NY8vpePOPkXVTMmn KATjO2Z0N8Q86xodlSNxefZKNlycEIRvRS4vCnTrM5iqJ/VlVKlGhhlscQH+W5Aw UClOwf3NFosZgRLoopZEa4PLTS0ocETMzWAU0X5hXEn4rr275rap0yoNk/IRdkAN cmEPWD993RJr+PcnuaiqL9qT5fKquqA+1UCBM+2OU3kNgouOgnvKPkRoq2LNem9N A5dnRWHEb2M2hASiQH5RxwDTIxflLA== =aJlP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7b77vJCR5aLhKSWc--