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Message-Id: <20251227-kobo-aura-battery-v1-1-328a90ef5122@jm0.eu>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:28:13 +0100
From: Josua Mayer <josua.mayer@....eu>
To: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>,
Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Cc: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, imx@...ts.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Josua Mayer <josua.mayer@....eu>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] power: supply: add battery driver for netronix ec
Implement a simple battery driver for monitoring voltage with the
netronix embedded controller found in certain ebook readers.
Signed-off-by: Josua Mayer <josua.mayer@....eu>
---
drivers/mfd/ntxec.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/Kconfig | 9 ++++
drivers/power/supply/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/ntxec-battery.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 112 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ntxec.c b/drivers/mfd/ntxec.c
index 08c68de0f01bc..d5059b8862aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/ntxec.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/ntxec.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config regmap_config = {
static const struct mfd_cell ntxec_subdev[] = {
{ .name = "ntxec-rtc" },
{ .name = "ntxec-pwm" },
+ { .name = "ntxec-battery" },
};
static const struct mfd_cell ntxec_subdev_pwm[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig b/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig
index 92f9f7aae92f2..5674a23ba7bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig
@@ -1132,4 +1132,13 @@ config FUEL_GAUGE_MM8013
the state of charge, temperature, cycle count, actual and design
capacity, etc.
+config BATTERY_NTXEC
+ tristate "Battery driver for Netronix embedded controller"
+ depends on MFD_NTXEC
+ help
+ Say yes here to enable netronix ec battery monitoring driver.
+ It enables the monitoring battery voltage on certain e-book readers
+ using an embedded controller by ODM Netronix. Battery design
+ characteristics are read from Firmware Tables if available.
+
endif # POWER_SUPPLY
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/Makefile b/drivers/power/supply/Makefile
index 4b79d5abc49a7..db6fc815f9da2 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/Makefile
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CHARGER_SURFACE) += surface_charger.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BATTERY_UG3105) += ug3105_battery.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CHARGER_QCOM_SMB2) += qcom_smbx.o
obj-$(CONFIG_FUEL_GAUGE_MM8013) += mm8013.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BATTERY_NTXEC) += ntxec-battery.o
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/ntxec-battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/ntxec-battery.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f49f0966d18dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/ntxec-battery.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * The Netronix embedded controller is a microcontroller found in some
+ * e-book readers designed by the original design manufacturer Netronix, Inc.
+ * It contains RTC, battery monitoring, system power management, and PWM
+ * functionality.
+ *
+ * This driver implements battery monitoring.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2021 Josua Mayer <josua.mayer@....eu>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mfd/ntxec.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/power_supply.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/regmap.h>
+
+static const enum power_supply_property ntxec_battery_properties[] = {
+ POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_VOLTAGE_NOW,
+};
+
+struct ntxec_battery {
+ struct ntxec *ec;
+};
+
+#define NTXEC_REG_READ_BATTERY 0x41
+
+static int ntxec_battery_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
+ enum power_supply_property psp,
+ union power_supply_propval *val)
+{
+ struct ntxec_battery *priv = power_supply_get_drvdata(psy);
+ int ret;
+ unsigned int value;
+
+ switch (psp) {
+ case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_VOLTAGE_NOW:
+ ret = regmap_read(priv->ec->regmap, NTXEC_REG_READ_BATTERY, &value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* ec value to microvolt conversion:
+ * vendor kernel source suggests linear behaviour from 3V to 4.2V
+ * with readings 767 to 1023; each increment represents 4687,5uV.
+ * adjust 3V boundary slightly to report exactly 4.2V when full.
+ */
+ val->intval = 2999872 + (value - 767) * 4688;
+ break;
+ default:
+ dev_err(&psy->dev, "%s: invalid property %u\n", __func__, psp);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct power_supply_desc ntxec_battery_desc = {
+ .name = "ec-battery",
+ .type = POWER_SUPPLY_TYPE_BATTERY,
+ .properties = ntxec_battery_properties,
+ .get_property = ntxec_battery_get_property,
+ .num_properties = ARRAY_SIZE(ntxec_battery_properties),
+};
+
+static int ntxec_battery_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+ struct ntxec *ec = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
+ struct power_supply_config psy_cfg = {};
+ struct ntxec_battery *priv;
+ struct power_supply *psy;
+
+ priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!priv)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ priv->ec = ec;
+ psy_cfg.drv_data = priv;
+ psy_cfg.fwnode = dev_fwnode(dev->parent);
+ psy_cfg.no_wakeup_source = true;
+ psy = devm_power_supply_register(dev, &ntxec_battery_desc, &psy_cfg);
+ if (IS_ERR(psy))
+ return PTR_ERR(psy);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct platform_driver ntxec_battery_driver = {
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "ntxec-battery",
+ },
+ .probe = ntxec_battery_probe,
+};
+module_platform_driver(ntxec_battery_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Josua Mayer <josua.mayer@....eu>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Battery driver for Netronix EC");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ntxec-battery");
--
2.51.0
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