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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt | 35 |
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt index 89a8816990ff..48cff881cb8a 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt @@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ relative, time-based measurements. CONSTANT_CHARGE_CURRENT - constant charge current programmed by charger. CONSTANT_CHARGE_CURRENT_MAX - maximum charge current supported by the power supply object. +INPUT_CURRENT_LIMIT - input current limit programmed by charger. Indicates +the current drawn from a charging source. +CHARGE_TERM_CURRENT - Charge termination current used to detect the end of charge +condition. CONSTANT_CHARGE_VOLTAGE - constant charge voltage programmed by charger. CONSTANT_CHARGE_VOLTAGE_MAX - maximum charge voltage supported by the @@ -140,6 +144,8 @@ TEMP_ALERT_MAX - maximum battery temperature alert. TEMP_AMBIENT - ambient temperature. TEMP_AMBIENT_ALERT_MIN - minimum ambient temperature alert. TEMP_AMBIENT_ALERT_MAX - maximum ambient temperature alert. +TEMP_MIN - minimum operatable temperature +TEMP_MAX - maximum operatable temperature TIME_TO_EMPTY - seconds left for battery to be considered empty (i.e. while battery powers a load) diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt index 55c4175d8099..81c0e2b49cd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt @@ -180,3 +180,38 @@ int regulator_unregister_notifier(struct regulator *regulator, Regulators use the kernel notifier framework to send event to their interested consumers. + +7. Regulator Direct Register Access +=================================== +Some kinds of power management hardware or firmware are designed such that +they need to do low-level hardware access to regulators, with no involvement +from the kernel. Examples of such devices are: + +- clocksource with a voltage-controlled oscillator and control logic to change + the supply voltage over I2C to achieve a desired output clock rate +- thermal management firmware that can issue an arbitrary I2C transaction to + perform system poweroff during overtemperature conditions + +To set up such a device/firmware, various parameters like I2C address of the +regulator, addresses of various regulator registers etc. need to be configured +to it. The regulator framework provides the following helpers for querying +these details. + +Bus-specific details, like I2C addresses or transfer rates are handled by the +regmap framework. To get the regulator's regmap (if supported), use :- + +struct regmap *regulator_get_regmap(struct regulator *regulator); + +To obtain the hardware register offset and bitmask for the regulator's voltage +selector register, use :- + +int regulator_get_hardware_vsel_register(struct regulator *regulator, + unsigned *vsel_reg, + unsigned *vsel_mask); + +To convert a regulator framework voltage selector code (used by +regulator_list_voltage) to a hardware-specific voltage selector that can be +directly written to the voltage selector register, use :- + +int regulator_list_hardware_vsel(struct regulator *regulator, + unsigned selector); |