When a card is not in use, the voltage regulator can be put to sleep.
This is an alternative to powering the card off, when powering off is not safe because the card might be replaced without the driver being aware of it. That situation happens if: - the card is removable i.e. not eMMC - and there is no card detect - and there is a cover switch but the cover is open Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@nokia.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org> Cc: Ian Molton <ian@mnementh.co.uk> Cc: "Roberto A. Foglietta" <roberto.foglietta@gmail.com> Cc: Jarkko Lavinen <jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com> Cc: Denis Karpov <ext-denis.2.karpov@nokia.com> Cc: Pierre Ossman <pierre@ossman.eu> Cc: Philip Langdale <philipl@overt.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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