linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] ARM: tegra: nyan: Use external control for bq24735 charger

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Message-ID: <20170125105940.GC9344@ulmo.ba.sec>
Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:59:40 +0100
From:   Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:     Paul Kocialkowski <contact@...lk.fr>
Cc:     linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
        Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
        Mikko Perttunen <cyndis@...si.fi>,
        Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] ARM: tegra: nyan: Use external control for
 bq24735 charger

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 04:47:49PM +0100, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> Nyan boards come with an embedded controller that controls when to
> enable and disable the charge. Thus, it should not be left up to the
> kernel to handle that.
> 
> Using the ti,external-control property allows specifying this use-case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <contact@...lk.fr>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra124-nyan.dtsi | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Is the ti,ac-detect-gpios property still useful in that case? I guess it
would still allow to monitor whether or not a charger is connected, even
if the EC determines that it shouldn't charge.

Anyway, I've applied this.

Thanks,
Thierry

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