Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752414Ab1C2HxJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:53:09 -0400 Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:37729 "EHLO opensource2.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751448Ab1C2HxG (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:53:06 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:53:11 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: David Collins , linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm-owner@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Liam Girdwood Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: Propagate uA_load requirements up supply chain Message-ID: <20110329075310.GA29330@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <1301326482-6547-1-git-send-email-collinsd@codeaurora.org> <1301326482-6547-3-git-send-email-collinsd@codeaurora.org> <20110328180255.GA28494@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20110328181415.GD31457@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110328181415.GD31457@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> X-Cookie: You have a truly strong individuality. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 537 Lines: 12 On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 07:14:15PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > That's not true. Firstly, *all* regulators are not 100% efficient. They > lose *power* in the form of heat. So power into the regulator will always > be more than power out. That's pretty much what I said, yes. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/