Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] arm: u8500: Give Golden panel regulators unique names

Linus Walleij <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:36:36 +0200

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM Stephan Gerhold
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I think it's a bit awkward to have multiple regulators with the same
> name, even on Linux when looking at debugfs for example.
>
> Can you make this change on the Linux side and backport it here?

You're right of course:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/[email protected]/T/#u

I don't know if U-Boot backport device tree changes? Isn't it like
a scripted upstream sync?

> Or maybe we can use the regulator names from the schematics if we have
> that (I don't remember :') ).

No we don't have them...

Yours,
Linus Walleij