regulator: core: Introduce set_load op
Expose the requested load directly to the regulator implementation for
hardware that does not support the normal enum based set_mode().
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@sonymobile.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index b899947..f245214 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -648,10 +648,12 @@
if (err < 0)
return 0;
- if (!rdev->desc->ops->get_optimum_mode)
+ if (!rdev->desc->ops->get_optimum_mode &&
+ !rdev->desc->ops->set_load)
return 0;
- if (!rdev->desc->ops->set_mode)
+ if (!rdev->desc->ops->set_mode &&
+ !rdev->desc->ops->set_load)
return -EINVAL;
/* get output voltage */
@@ -676,22 +678,29 @@
list_for_each_entry(sibling, &rdev->consumer_list, list)
current_uA += sibling->uA_load;
- /* now get the optimum mode for our new total regulator load */
- mode = rdev->desc->ops->get_optimum_mode(rdev, input_uV,
- output_uV, current_uA);
+ if (rdev->desc->ops->set_load) {
+ /* set the optimum mode for our new total regulator load */
+ err = rdev->desc->ops->set_load(rdev, current_uA);
+ if (err < 0)
+ rdev_err(rdev, "failed to set load %d\n", current_uA);
+ } else {
+ /* now get the optimum mode for our new total regulator load */
+ mode = rdev->desc->ops->get_optimum_mode(rdev, input_uV,
+ output_uV, current_uA);
- /* check the new mode is allowed */
- err = regulator_mode_constrain(rdev, &mode);
- if (err < 0) {
- rdev_err(rdev, "failed to get optimum mode @ %d uA %d -> %d uV\n",
- current_uA, input_uV, output_uV);
- return err;
+ /* check the new mode is allowed */
+ err = regulator_mode_constrain(rdev, &mode);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ rdev_err(rdev, "failed to get optimum mode @ %d uA %d -> %d uV\n",
+ current_uA, input_uV, output_uV);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ err = rdev->desc->ops->set_mode(rdev, mode);
+ if (err < 0)
+ rdev_err(rdev, "failed to set optimum mode %x\n", mode);
}
- err = rdev->desc->ops->set_mode(rdev, mode);
- if (err < 0)
- rdev_err(rdev, "failed to set optimum mode %x\n", mode);
-
return err;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index d4ad5b5..8a0165f 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
* REGULATOR_STATUS value (or negative errno)
* @get_optimum_mode: Get the most efficient operating mode for the regulator
* when running with the specified parameters.
+ * @set_load: Set the load for the regulator.
*
* @set_bypass: Set the regulator in bypass mode.
* @get_bypass: Get the regulator bypass mode state.
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@
/* get most efficient regulator operating mode for load */
unsigned int (*get_optimum_mode) (struct regulator_dev *, int input_uV,
int output_uV, int load_uA);
+ /* set the load on the regulator */
+ int (*set_load)(struct regulator_dev *, int load_uA);
/* control and report on bypass mode */
int (*set_bypass)(struct regulator_dev *dev, bool enable);