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From:   Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi <michael@amarulasolutions.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 08:01:20 +0200
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Subject: RFC power domain vs generic supply regulator
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Hi all

I'm trying to understand how to deal with devices that do not provide
a supply handle connection using the device tree, or if there is a
generic way
to connect to a regulator. The pinctrl has a generic binding inside
dd.c that allow to mux pinout during probing or it allows to define a
power domain,
According to the code I read the power domain can be only connected to
the SoC power domain but in general a generic power domain can be
connected
to any source aka a regulator. For example and spi-nor can be powered
but a gpio regulator or any kind of supply connection and bunch of
devices
can just need a supply if they are probed or binded runtime. Can
someone give me feedback on this topic?

Michael