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diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ce63af0a8e3..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -Regulator Machine Driver Interface -=================================== - -The regulator machine driver interface is intended for board/machine specific -initialisation code to configure the regulator subsystem. - -Consider the following machine :- - - Regulator-1 -+-> Regulator-2 --> [Consumer A @ 1.8 - 2.0V] - | - +-> [Consumer B @ 3.3V] - -The drivers for consumers A & B must be mapped to the correct regulator in -order to control their power supply. This mapping can be achieved in machine -initialisation code by creating a struct regulator_consumer_supply for -each regulator. - -struct regulator_consumer_supply { - const char *dev_name; /* consumer dev_name() */ - const char *supply; /* consumer supply - e.g. "vcc" */ -}; - -e.g. for the machine above - -static struct regulator_consumer_supply regulator1_consumers[] = { -{ - .dev_name = "dev_name(consumer B)", - .supply = "Vcc", -},}; - -static struct regulator_consumer_supply regulator2_consumers[] = { -{ - .dev = "dev_name(consumer A"), - .supply = "Vcc", -},}; - -This maps Regulator-1 to the 'Vcc' supply for Consumer B and maps Regulator-2 -to the 'Vcc' supply for Consumer A. - -Constraints can now be registered by defining a struct regulator_init_data -for each regulator power domain. This structure also maps the consumers -to their supply regulator :- - -static struct regulator_init_data regulator1_data = { - .constraints = { - .name = "Regulator-1", - .min_uV = 3300000, - .max_uV = 3300000, - .valid_modes_mask = REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL, - }, - .num_consumer_supplies = ARRAY_SIZE(regulator1_consumers), - .consumer_supplies = regulator1_consumers, -}; - -The name field should be set to something that is usefully descriptive -for the board for configuration of supplies for other regulators and -for use in logging and other diagnostic output. Normally the name -used for the supply rail in the schematic is a good choice. If no -name is provided then the subsystem will choose one. - -Regulator-1 supplies power to Regulator-2. This relationship must be registered -with the core so that Regulator-1 is also enabled when Consumer A enables its -supply (Regulator-2). The supply regulator is set by the supply_regulator -field below and co:- - -static struct regulator_init_data regulator2_data = { - .supply_regulator = "Regulator-1", - .constraints = { - .min_uV = 1800000, - .max_uV = 2000000, - .valid_ops_mask = REGULATOR_CHANGE_VOLTAGE, - .valid_modes_mask = REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL, - }, - .num_consumer_supplies = ARRAY_SIZE(regulator2_consumers), - .consumer_supplies = regulator2_consumers, -}; - -Finally the regulator devices must be registered in the usual manner. - -static struct platform_device regulator_devices[] = { -{ - .name = "regulator", - .id = DCDC_1, - .dev = { - .platform_data = ®ulator1_data, - }, -}, -{ - .name = "regulator", - .id = DCDC_2, - .dev = { - .platform_data = ®ulator2_data, - }, -}, -}; -/* register regulator 1 device */ -platform_device_register(®ulator_devices[0]); - -/* register regulator 2 device */ -platform_device_register(®ulator_devices[1]); |