linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/rtc/rtc-palmas.c: support for backup battery charging

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:40:15 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, grant.likely@...aro.org,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, rob@...dley.net,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	gg@...mlogic.co.uk, kishon@...com,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/rtc/rtc-palmas.c: support for backup battery
 charging

(CC'ing the new DT binding maintainers and mailing list on this reply,
hence quoting the whole of the DT binding)

On 07/25/2013 06:29 AM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> Palmas series device like TPS65913, TPS80036 supports the backup battery
> for powering the RTC when no other energy source is available.
> 
> The backup battery is optional, connected to the VBACKUP pin, and can be
> nonrechargeable or rechargeable. The rechargeable battery can be charged
> from the system supply using the backup battery charger.
> 
> Add support for enabling charging of this backup battery.  Also add the DT
> binding document and the new properties to have this support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-palmas.txt         |   28 ++++++++++++++
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-palmas.c                           |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-palmas.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-palmas.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-palmas.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e4b6910
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-palmas.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +Palmas RTC controller bindings
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible:
> +  - "ti,palams-rtc" for palma series of the RTC controller
> +- interrupt-parent: Parent interrupt device, must be handle of palams node.
> +- interrupts: Interrupt number of RTC submodule on device.
> +
> +Optional properties:
> +- ti,back-bat-chg-enable: The palmas series device like TPS65913 or TPS80036
> +	supports the battery backup for powering the RTC when main battery is
> +	removed or in very low power state. This flag will enable the backup
> +	battery charging.
> +- ti,back-bat-chg-current: Configure charging current. Device supports the
> +	charging current as < 100mA or >100mA.

Does the HW support just two options; less-than or greater-than 100mA?
If so, a Boolean property here might be better. The code below certainly
implies this.

Given there's only 1 battery, I think "back-" is redundant in the
property names. Since that shortens the names a bit, I'd suggest
spelling everything out in full, perhaps:

battery-charge-enable
battery-charge-low-current

Both Boolean.

> +Example:
> +	palmas: tps65913@58 {
> +		:::::::::::

"..." is probably more common than lots of colons, or you could just
delete this line.

> +		palmas_rtc: rtc {
> +			compatible = "ti,palmas-rtc";
> +			interrupt-parent = <&palmas>;
> +			interrupts = <8 0>;
> +			ti,back-bat-chg-enable;
> +			ti,back-bat-chg-current = <100>;
> +		};
> +		:::::::::::
> +	};

> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-palmas.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-palmas.c

> @@ -238,6 +238,19 @@ static int palmas_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

> +		ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node,
> +					"ti,back-bat-chg-current", &pval);
> +		if (!ret)
> +			bb_charging_current = pval;

Do you need to validate that pval is one of the legal values?

> @@ -254,6 +267,32 @@ static int palmas_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	palmas_rtc->dev = &pdev->dev;
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, palmas_rtc);
>  
> +	if (enable_bb_charging) {
> +		unsigned reg = 0;
> +
> +		if (bb_charging_current < 100)
> +			reg |= PALMAS_BACKUP_BATTERY_CTRL_BBS_BBC_LOW_ICHRG;

This implies that a Boolean property would be a better representation of HW.
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