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From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@gmail.com>
Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomba@iki.fi>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@gmail.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>,
	Mark Zhang <markz@nvidia.com>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org" 
	<devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-pm@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv9 1/3] Runtime Interpreted Power Sequences
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:06:51 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121122020649.GH4371@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAVeFuK_V6nb874bygioi35mFNxaWuveKOedLT=YYsP4JfVqgA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:01:34AM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:

> The thing I don't understand here is why would anyone want power
> sequences without the DT representation. Guys, that's the whole point! :)

> If we are to implement things into drivers, then callback functions
> are going to serve us just as well - even better, for they are more
> flexible. All we need to do is define a dedicated ops structure and
> have the driver plug the right callback functions depending on the
> "compatible" property of the DT device node. We don't need a framework
> for that.

It allows drivers (both board drivers and actual drivers) to write these
things in a semi-scripted form instead of having to open code everything
each time, it'd save a bunch of tedious stuff with resource requesting
for example.

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-22 19:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-17 10:55 [PATCHv9 0/3] Runtime Interpreted Power Sequences Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-17 10:55 ` [PATCHv9 1/3] " Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-17 11:38   ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-11-19  2:29     ` Alex Courbot
2012-11-19  2:32       ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-11-20 14:48   ` Tomi Valkeinen
2012-11-21  1:56     ` Alex Courbot
2012-11-21  8:13       ` Tomi Valkeinen
2012-11-21  8:32         ` Alex Courbot
2012-11-21  8:48           ` Tomi Valkeinen
2012-11-21 10:00             ` Alex Courbot
2012-11-22 13:01               ` Grant Likely
2012-11-20 21:54   ` Grant Likely
2012-11-21  1:31     ` Mark Brown
2012-11-21 16:44       ` Grant Likely
2012-11-22  8:57       ` Linus Walleij
2012-11-22  9:55         ` Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-23  1:44         ` Mark Brown
2012-11-21  4:23     ` Alex Courbot
2012-11-21 11:06       ` Tomi Valkeinen
2012-11-21 11:40         ` Thierry Reding
2012-11-21 12:04           ` Tomi Valkeinen
2012-11-21 13:00             ` Thierry Reding
2012-11-21 13:32               ` Tomi Valkeinen
2012-11-21 15:02                 ` Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-21 15:12                   ` Thierry Reding
2012-11-22  2:01                     ` Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-22  2:06                       ` Mark Brown [this message]
2012-11-22  3:09                         ` Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-22 13:39                     ` Grant Likely
2012-11-27 15:19               ` Laurent Pinchart
2012-11-27 15:08             ` Laurent Pinchart
2012-11-27 15:19               ` Tomi Valkeinen
2012-11-27 15:37                 ` Laurent Pinchart
2012-11-27 16:46                   ` Mark Brown
2012-11-27 14:47           ` Laurent Pinchart
2012-11-22 13:39       ` Grant Likely
2012-11-22 21:40         ` Thierry Reding
2012-11-26 11:49           ` Alex Courbot
2012-11-26 15:34           ` Grant Likely
2012-11-17 10:55 ` [PATCHv9 2/3] pwm_backlight: use power sequences Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-17 10:55 ` [PATCHv9 3/3] Take maintainership of " Alexandre Courbot
2012-11-20 21:58 ` [PATCHv9 0/3] Runtime Interpreted Power Sequences Grant Likely

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