linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] power_supply: add a TRICKLE_CHARGING status, and add it to the olpc driver

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:40:00 +0400
From:	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...mvista.com>
To:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...labora.co.uk>
Cc:	cbou@...l.ru, dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	richard@...top.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Fox <pgf@...top.org>, dsaxena@...top.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] power_supply: add a TRICKLE_CHARGING status, and
	add it to the olpc driver

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:46:07PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
> 
> The hardware has an extra bit that specifies that the battery is trickle
> charging, so when determining if the battery is present/charging the TRICKLE
> bit needs to be checked as well.  Because battery diagnostics might want to
> know whether trickle charging is happening or not, and also because trickle
> charging falls somewhere between charging and not charging (read: Richard got
> mad at me when I tried to set CHARGING when in trickle charge.  He gets so
> angry sometimes), we add a new TRICKLE status to sysfs.

:-)

Technically the patch looks OK. But are we sure that userspace
won't break when it'll see a new charging state?

To be on a safe side, and maybe it'll be a better idea anyway,
we could implement charging_mode property? With at least following
values: "N/A", "Trickle", "Slow", "Fast"?


Thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@...labora.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/power/olpc_battery.c       |   13 ++++++++++---
>  drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c |    3 ++-
>  include/linux/power_supply.h       |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/power/olpc_battery.c b/drivers/power/olpc_battery.c
> index f8d2d6b..3ecf484 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/olpc_battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/olpc_battery.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
>  #define BAT_STAT_AC		0x10
>  #define BAT_STAT_CHARGING	0x20
>  #define BAT_STAT_DISCHARGING	0x40
> +#define BAT_STAT_TRICKLE	0x80
>  
>  #define BAT_ERR_INFOFAIL	0x02
>  #define BAT_ERR_OVERVOLTAGE	0x04
> @@ -89,7 +90,12 @@ static char bat_serial[17]; /* Ick */
>  static int olpc_bat_get_status(union power_supply_propval *val, uint8_t ec_byte)
>  {
>  	if (olpc_platform_info.ecver > 0x44) {
> -		if (ec_byte & BAT_STAT_CHARGING)
> +		if (ec_byte & BAT_STAT_TRICKLE)
> +			/* Note that the order here is important; the EC sets
> +			 * both the CHARGING and TRICKLE bits at the same time
> +			 * to support older kernels. */
> +			val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_TRICKLE_CHARGING;
> +		else if (ec_byte & BAT_STAT_CHARGING)
>  			val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_CHARGING;
>  		else if (ec_byte & BAT_STAT_DISCHARGING)
>  			val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING;
> @@ -219,7 +225,8 @@ static int olpc_bat_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
>  	   It doesn't matter though -- the EC will return the last-known
>  	   information, and it's as if we just ran that _little_ bit faster
>  	   and managed to read it out before the battery went away. */
> -	if (!(ec_byte & BAT_STAT_PRESENT) && psp != POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_PRESENT)
> +	if (!(ec_byte & (BAT_STAT_PRESENT|BAT_STAT_TRICKLE)) &&
> +			psp != POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_PRESENT)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
>  	switch (psp) {
> @@ -229,7 +236,7 @@ static int olpc_bat_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
>  			return ret;
>  		break;
>  	case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_PRESENT:
> -		val->intval = !!(ec_byte & BAT_STAT_PRESENT);
> +		val->intval = !!(ec_byte & (BAT_STAT_PRESENT|BAT_STAT_TRICKLE));
>  		break;
>  
>  	case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_HEALTH:
> diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
> index add5f39..eb1affc 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
> @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static ssize_t power_supply_show_property(struct device *dev,
>  					  struct device_attribute *attr,
>  					  char *buf) {
>  	static char *status_text[] = {
> -		"Unknown", "Charging", "Discharging", "Not charging", "Full"
> +		"Unknown", "Charging", "Charging (trickle)", "Discharging", "Not charging",
> +		"Full",
>  	};
>  	static char *health_text[] = {
>  		"Unknown", "Good", "Overheat", "Dead", "Over voltage",
> diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h
> index 1e45cbc..50ee079 100644
> --- a/include/linux/power_supply.h
> +++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>  enum {
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_UNKNOWN = 0,
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_CHARGING,
> +	POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_TRICKLE_CHARGING,
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING,
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING,
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_FULL,
> -- 
> 1.5.6.5
> 

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Anton Vorontsov
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