From: Peng Fan <Peng.Fan@freescale.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 08:43:43 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: power: regulator: update comments for regulator-name
X-Git-Tag: KARO-TX6-2015-09-18~503
X-Git-Url: https://git.kernelconcepts.de/?p=karo-tx-uboot.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=9324fbff8526f41ded10032493d162536824e062

power: regulator: update comments for regulator-name

We do not need that "regulator-name" property must be provided in dts.
If "regulator-name" property is not provided in dts, node name
will chosen for settings '.name' field of uc_pdata.

Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <Peng.Fan@freescale.com>
Cc: Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak@samsung.com>
Cc: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
---

diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
index 68b02a8e74..2cf4b9de8b 100644
--- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
@@ -15,15 +15,8 @@ For the node name e.g.: "prefix[:alpha:]num { ... }":
 
 Example the prefix "ldo" will pass for: "ldo1", "ldo@1", "LDO1", "LDOREG@1"...
 
-Required properties:
-- regulator-name: a string, required by the regulator uclass
-
-Note
-The "regulator-name" constraint is used for setting the device's uclass
-platform data '.name' field. And the regulator device name is set from
-it's node name.
-
 Optional properties:
+- regulator-name: a string, required by the regulator uclass
 - regulator-min-microvolt: a minimum allowed Voltage value
 - regulator-max-microvolt: a maximum allowed Voltage value
 - regulator-min-microamp: a minimum allowed Current value
@@ -31,6 +24,12 @@ Optional properties:
 - regulator-always-on: regulator should never be disabled
 - regulator-boot-on: enabled by bootloader/firmware
 
+Note
+The "regulator-name" constraint is used for setting the device's uclass
+platform data '.name' field. And the regulator device name is set from
+it's node name. If "regulator-name" is not provided in dts, node name
+is chosen for setting the device's uclass platform data '.name' field.
+
 Other kernel-style properties, are currently not used.
 
 Note:
@@ -41,10 +40,8 @@ For the regulator autoset from constraints, the framework expects that:
 
 Example:
 ldo0 {
-	/* Mandatory */
-	regulator-name = "VDDQ_EMMC_1.8V";
-
 	/* Optional */
+	regulator-name = "VDDQ_EMMC_1.8V";
 	regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>;
 	regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>;
 	regulator-min-microamp = <100000>;
diff --git a/include/power/regulator.h b/include/power/regulator.h
index 015229027c..1a51c3f07b 100644
--- a/include/power/regulator.h
+++ b/include/power/regulator.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
  * Note: For the proper operation, at least name constraint is needed, since
  * it can be used when calling regulator_get_by_platname(). And the mandatory
  * rule for this name is, that it must be globally unique for the single dts.
+ * If regulator-name property is not provided, node name will be chosen.
  *
  * Regulator bind:
  * For each regulator device, the device_bind() should be called with passed