linux-kernel - Lithium battery protection was Re: [PATCH v4.14] Add support for bq27521 battery monitor

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Message-ID: <20171213083946.GA26605@amd>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:39:46 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>, pali.rohar@...il.com,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
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        aaro.koskinen@....fi, ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com,
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        clayton@...ftyguy.net, martijn@...xit.nl,
        sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com, kernel@...workimprov.net,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org
Subject: Lithium battery protection was Re: [PATCH v4.14] Add support for
 bq27521 battery monitor

Hi!

> > >> This adds basic support for BQ27521 battery monitor, used in Nokia N9
> > >> and N950. In particular, battery voltage is important to be able to
> > >> tell when the battery is almost empty. Emptying battery on N950 is
> > >> pretty painful, as flasher needs to be used to recover phone in such
> > >> case.
> > > 
> > > Sebastian, ping? This one should not be too controversial.
> >
> > Acked-by: Andrew F. Davis <afd@...com>
> 
> Thanks, queued, I dropped the spurious change in twl.h and added the
> dt-binding from the previous patch version, that was lost somehow.

Thanks!

> > > If you could also apply the "shut down when battery is low", that
> > > would be nice.
> 
> I only have one with values specific to N900 hardcoded in the
> driver. That one can't be applied for obvious reasons.

Well... the values are not really N900-specific. They should work well
on anything with lithium battery, because they basically depend only
on battery chemistry.

I guess I can simplify patch to work with battery voltage only --
that's what hardware battery protection does -- and make shutdown
voltage configurable ...?

Best regards,
									Pavel
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