linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 4/4] power: wm831x_power: Support USB charger current limit management

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 19:45:23 +0800
From:	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, robh@...nel.org,
	Jun Li <jun.li@....com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Ruslan Bilovol <ruslan.bilovol@...il.com>,
	Peter Chen <peter.chen@...escale.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, r.baldyga@...sung.com,
	grygorii.strashko@...com,
	Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	device-mainlining@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 4/4] power: wm831x_power: Support USB charger current
 limit management

On 21 June 2016 at 19:03, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 01:30:49PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>> Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org> writes:
>> > @@ -607,8 +647,31 @@ static int wm831x_power_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> >             }
>> >     }
>
>> > +   if (wm831x_pdata && wm831x_pdata->usb_gadget) {
>> > +           power->usb_charger =
>> > +                   usb_charger_find_by_name(wm831x_pdata->usb_gadget);
>
>> the fact that you rely on strings and pass them via pdata is an
>> indication that you don't have enough description of the HW. Seems like
>> we need to come up with a set of DT properties which tie a charger to a
>> UDC.
>
>> I'm thinking a phandle would be enough?
>
> The wm831x has no DT support currently.

Another hand I suppose the usb charger is one virtual device and does
not need be described from DT.

-- 
Baolin.wang
Best Regards