regulator: Add driver for voltage controlled regulators

The output voltage of a voltage controlled regulator can be controlled
through the voltage of another regulator. The current version of this
driver assumes that the output voltage is a linear function of the control
voltage.
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/vctrl.txt

+Bindings for Voltage controlled regulators
+==========================================
+
+Required properties:
+--------------------
+- compatible		  : must be "vctrl-regulator".
+- regulator-min-microvolt : smallest voltage consumers may set
+- regulator-max-microvolt : largest voltage consumers may set
+- ctrl-supply		  : The regulator supplying the control voltage.
+- ctrl-voltage-range	  : an array of two integer values describing the range
+			    (min/max) of the control voltage. The values specify
+			    the control voltage needed to generate the corresponding
+			    regulator-min/max-microvolt output voltage.
+
+Optional properties:
+--------------------
+- ovp-threshold-percent	: overvoltage protection (OVP) threshold of the
+			  regulator in percent. Some regulators have an OVP
+			  circuitry which shuts down the regulator when the
+			  actual output voltage deviates beyond a certain
+			  margin from the expected value for a given control
+			  voltage. On larger voltage decreases this can occur
+			  undesiredly since the output voltage does not adjust
+			  inmediately to changes in the control voltage. To
+			  avoid this situation the vctrl driver breaks down
+			  larger voltage decreases into multiple steps, where
+			  each step is within the OVP threshold.
+- min-slew-down-rate	: Describes how slowly the regulator voltage will decay
+			  down in the worst case (lightest expected load).
+			  Specified in uV / us (like main regulator ramp rate).
+			  This value is required when ovp-threshold-percent is
+			  specified.
+
+Example:
+
+	vctrl-reg {
+		compatible = "vctrl-regulator";
+		regulator-name = "vctrl_reg";
+
+		ctrl-supply = <&ctrl_reg>;
+
+		regulator-min-microvolt = <800000>;
+		regulator-max-microvolt = <1500000>;
+
+		ctrl-voltage-range = <200000 500000>;
+
+		min-slew-down-rate = <225>;
+		ovp-threshold-percent = <16>;
+	};

drivers/regulator/Kconfig

@@ -843,6 +843,13 @@ config REGULATOR_TWL4030
 	  This driver supports the voltage regulators provided by
 	  this family of companion chips.
 
+config REGULATOR_VCTRL
+	tristate "Voltage controlled regulators"
+	depends on OF
+	help
+	  This driver provides support for voltage regulators whose output
+	  voltage is controlled by the voltage of another regulator.
+
 config REGULATOR_VEXPRESS
 	tristate "Versatile Express regulators"
 	depends on VEXPRESS_CONFIG

drivers/regulator/Makefile

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_TPS65910) += tps65910-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_TPS65912) += tps65912-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_TPS80031) += tps80031-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_TWL4030) += twl-regulator.o twl6030-regulator.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_VCTRL) += vctrl-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_VEXPRESS) += vexpress-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_WM831X) += wm831x-dcdc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_WM831X) += wm831x-isink.o