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authorJavier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>2025-08-19 12:25:43 +0800
committerMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2025-08-19 16:52:48 +0100
commitec0be3cdf40b5302248f3fb27a911cc630e8b855 (patch)
tree4d9cf7aae1437381e7d98293b537a40ad676a3cb /Documentation/power
parentf7f804633c91f0fbf03eefbae39eec2205191a82 (diff)
regulator: consumer.rst: document bulk operations
The current consumer documentation does not include bulk operations, providing an example of how to acquire multiple regulators by calling regulator_get() multiple times. That solution is valid and slightly simpler for a small amount of regulators, but it does not scale well. Document the bulk operations to get, enable and disable regulators. Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250819-reg_consumer_doc-v1-1-b631fc0d35a3@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst30
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst
index 9d2416f63f6e..c01675b25a90 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ To release the regulator the consumer driver should call ::
regulator_put(regulator);
Consumers can be supplied by more than one regulator e.g. codec consumer with
-analog and digital supplies ::
+analog and digital supplies by means of bulk operations ::
+
+ struct regulator_bulk_data supplies[2];
+
+ supplies[0].supply = "Vcc"; /* digital core */
+ supplies[1].supply = "Avdd"; /* analog */
+
+ ret = regulator_bulk_get(dev, ARRAY_SIZE(supplies), supplies);
+
+ // convenience helper to call regulator_put() on multiple regulators
+ regulator_bulk_free(ARRAY_SIZE(supplies), supplies);
- digital = regulator_get(dev, "Vcc"); /* digital core */
- analog = regulator_get(dev, "Avdd"); /* analog */
The regulator access functions regulator_get() and regulator_put() will
usually be called in your device drivers probe() and remove() respectively.
@@ -51,11 +59,21 @@ A consumer can determine if a regulator is enabled by calling::
This will return > zero when the regulator is enabled.
+A set of regulators can be enabled with a single bulk operation ::
+
+ int regulator_bulk_enable(int num_consumers,
+ struct regulator_bulk_data *consumers);
+
A consumer can disable its supply when no longer needed by calling::
int regulator_disable(regulator);
+Or a number of them ::
+
+ int regulator_bulk_disable(int num_consumers,
+ struct regulator_bulk_data *consumers);
+
NOTE:
This may not disable the supply if it's shared with other consumers. The
regulator will only be disabled when the enabled reference count is zero.
@@ -64,11 +82,15 @@ Finally, a regulator can be forcefully disabled in the case of an emergency::
int regulator_force_disable(regulator);
+This operation is also supported for multiple regulators ::
+
+ int regulator_bulk_force_disable(int num_consumers,
+ struct regulator_bulk_data *consumers);
+
NOTE:
this will immediately and forcefully shutdown the regulator output. All
consumers will be powered off.
-
3. Regulator Voltage Control & Status (dynamic drivers)
=======================================================