1 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index 1dcdf00e0db2..4f529ed48d4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -148,10 +148,12 @@ enum regulator_type {
 };
 
 /**
- * struct regulator_desc - Regulator descriptor
+ * struct regulator_desc - Static regulator descriptor
  *
- * Each regulator registered with the core is described with a structure of
- * this type.
+ * Each regulator registered with the core is described with a
+ * structure of this type and a struct regulator_config.  This
+ * structure contains the non-varying parts of the regulator
+ * description.
  *
  * @name: Identifying name for the regulator.
  * @supply_name: Identifying the regulator supply
@@ -173,6 +175,26 @@ struct regulator_desc {
         struct module *owner;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct regulator_config - Dynamic regulator descriptor
+ *
+ * Each regulator registered with the core is described with a
+ * structure of this type and a struct regulator_desc.  This structure
+ * contains the runtime variable parts of the regulator description.
+ *
+ * @dev: struct device for the regulator
+ * @init_data: platform provided init data, passed through by driver
+ * @driver_data: private regulator data
+ * @of_node: OpenFirmware node to parse for device tree bindings (may be
+ *           NULL).
+ */
+struct regulator_config {
+        struct device *dev;
+        const struct regulator_init_data *init_data;
+        void *driver_data;
+        struct device_node *of_node;
+};
+
 /*
  * struct regulator_dev
  *
@@ -212,8 +234,7 @@ struct regulator_dev {
 
 struct regulator_dev *
 regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
-        struct device *dev, const struct regulator_init_data *init_data,
-        void *driver_data, struct device_node *of_node);
+                   const struct regulator_config *config);
 void regulator_unregister(struct regulator_dev *rdev);
 
 int regulator_notifier_call_chain(struct regulator_dev *rdev,