linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] Add LTC2941/LTC2943 Battery Gauge Driver

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Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:03:31 +0100
From:	Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@...ic.nl>
To:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
CC:	<linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<dbaryshkov@...il.com>, <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Add LTC2941/LTC2943 Battery Gauge Driver

On 10/27/2014 05:38 PM, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 02:38:38PM +0200, Mike Looijmans wrote:
>> Both the LTC2941 and LTC2943 measure battery capacity.
>> The LTC2943 is compatible with the LTC2941, it adds voltage and
>> temperature monitoring, and uses a slightly different conversion
>> formula for the charge counter.
>>
>> To avoid confusion with e.g. the LTC2945, the driver is called
>> LTC2941 instead of LTC294X.
>>
>> v2: Fix units of measurement: uV, uA and centidegrees.
>> v3: Correctly set configuration register. Allow negative values
>>      for the sense resistor.
>> v4: Run checkpatch.pl and fix all errors and warnings.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@...ic.nl>
>> ---
>> [...]
>>
>> +	np = of_node_get(client->dev.of_node);
>> +
>> +	/* r_sense can be negative, when sense+ is connected to the battery
>> +	 * instead of the sense-. This results in reversed measurements. */
>> +	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "resistor-sense", &r_sense);
>> +	if (ret < 0) {
>> +		dev_err(&client->dev,
>> +			"Could not find resistor-sense in devicetree\n");
>> +		goto fail_name;
>> +	}
>> +	info->r_sense = r_sense;
>> +
>> +	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "prescaler-exponent", &prescaler_exp);
>> +	if (ret < 0) {
>> +		dev_err(&client->dev,
>> +			"PrescalerExponent not in devicetree, assume max\n");
>> +		prescaler_exp = LTC2941_MAX_PRESCALER_EXP;
>> +	}
>
> The device tree properties are not documented. Please document them
> in a separate patch and Cc devicetree binding maintainers.
>
> Apart from that the properties should be vendor prefixed (e.g.
> "lltc,resistor-sense").

Thanks for your feedback. I will post the requested changes asap.





Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert


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