Voltage/Current regulator Binding: The regulator devices don't use the "compatible" property. The binding is done by the prefix of regulator node's name, or, if this fails, by the prefix of the regulator's "regulator-name" property. Usually the pmic I/O driver will provide the array of 'struct pmic_child_info' with the prefixes and compatible drivers. The bind is done by calling function: pmic_bind_childs(). Example drivers: pmic: drivers/power/pmic/max77686.c regulator: drivers/power/regulator/max77686.c For the node name e.g.: "prefix[:alpha:]num { ... }": - the driver prefix should be: "prefix" - case sensitive - the node name's "num" is set as "dev->driver_data" on bind Example the prefix "ldo" will pass for: "ldo1", "ldo@1", "ldoreg@1, ... Binding by means of the node's name is preferred. However if the node names would produce ambiguous prefixes (like "regulator@1" and "regualtor@11") and you can't or do not want to change them then binding against the "regulator-name" property is possible. The syntax for the prefix of the "regulator-name" property is the same as the one for the regulator's node name. Use case: a regulator named "regulator@1" to be bound to a driver named "LDO_DRV" and a regulator named "regualator@11" to be bound to an other driver named "BOOST_DRV". Using prefix "regualtor@1" for driver matching would load the same driver for both regulators, hence the prefix is ambiguous. Optional properties: - regulator-name: a string, required by the regulator uclass, used for driver binding if binding by node's name prefix fails - regulator-min-microvolt: a minimum allowed Voltage value - regulator-max-microvolt: a maximum allowed Voltage value - regulator-min-microamp: a minimum allowed Current value - regulator-max-microamp: a maximum allowed Current value - regulator-always-on: regulator should never be disabled - regulator-boot-on: enabled by bootloader/firmware - regulator-ramp-delay: ramp delay for regulator (in uV/us) Note The "regulator-name" constraint is used for setting the device's uclass platform data '.name' field. And the regulator device name is set from it's node name. If "regulator-name" is not provided in dts, node name is chosen for setting the device's uclass platform data '.name' field. Other kernel-style properties, are currently not used. Note: For the regulator autoset from constraints, the framework expects that: - regulator-min-microvolt is equal to regulator-max-microvolt - regulator-min-microamp is equal to regulator-max-microamp - regulator-always-on or regulator-boot-on is set Example: ldo0 { /* Optional */ regulator-name = "VDDQ_EMMC_1.8V"; regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>; regulator-min-microamp = <100000>; regulator-max-microamp = <100000>; regulator-always-on; regulator-boot-on; regulator-ramp-delay = <12000>; };