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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/power')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt | 6 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt index cdebb51..55c4175 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Please see overview.txt for a description of the terms used in this text. 1. Consumer Regulator Access (static & dynamic drivers) ======================================================= -A consumer driver can get access to it's supply regulator by calling :- +A consumer driver can get access to its supply regulator by calling :- regulator = regulator_get(dev, "Vcc"); -The consumer passes in it's struct device pointer and power supply ID. The core +The consumer passes in its struct device pointer and power supply ID. The core then finds the correct regulator by consulting a machine specific lookup table. If the lookup is successful then this call will return a pointer to the struct regulator that supplies this consumer. @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ usually be called in your device drivers probe() and remove() respectively. 2. Regulator Output Enable & Disable (static & dynamic drivers) ==================================================================== -A consumer can enable it's power supply by calling:- +A consumer can enable its power supply by calling:- int regulator_enable(regulator); @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int regulator_is_enabled(regulator); This will return > zero when the regulator is enabled. -A consumer can disable it's supply when no longer needed by calling :- +A consumer can disable its supply when no longer needed by calling :- int regulator_disable(regulator); @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ by calling :- int regulator_set_optimum_mode(struct regulator *regulator, int load_uA); This will cause the core to recalculate the total load on the regulator (based -on all it's consumers) and change operating mode (if necessary and permitted) +on all its consumers) and change operating mode (if necessary and permitted) to best match the current operating load. The load_uA value can be determined from the consumers datasheet. e.g.most diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt index 63728fe..bdec39b 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct regulator_init_data regulator1_data = { }; Regulator-1 supplies power to Regulator-2. This relationship must be registered -with the core so that Regulator-1 is also enabled when Consumer A enables it's +with the core so that Regulator-1 is also enabled when Consumer A enables its supply (Regulator-2). The supply regulator is set by the supply_regulator_dev field below:- diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt index ffd185b..9363e05 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt @@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ Some terms used in this document:- o Consumer - Electronic device that is supplied power by a regulator. Consumers can be classified into two types:- - Static: consumer does not change it's supply voltage or + Static: consumer does not change its supply voltage or current limit. It only needs to enable or disable it's - power supply. It's supply voltage is set by the hardware, + power supply. Its supply voltage is set by the hardware, bootloader, firmware or kernel board initialisation code. Dynamic: consumer needs to change it's supply voltage or current limit to meet operation demands. - o Power Domain - Electronic circuit that is supplied it's input power by the + o Power Domain - Electronic circuit that is supplied its input power by the output power of a regulator, switch or by another power domain. |
