RE: [PATCH] power_supply: Add charge_current and charge_voltageproperties and use it in smb347

From: Pallala, Ramakrishna
Date: Mon Jun 18 2012 - 03:50:19 EST


Hi Anton,

> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 6:17 PM
> To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Anton Vorontsov; Anton Vorontsov; Mika Westerberg; Pallala, Ramakrishna
> Subject: [PATCH] power_supply: Add charge_current and charge_voltage
> properties and use it in smb347
>
> Constant Charge Current(CC) is charging parameter which limit the maximum
> current which can be pumped into the battery during charge cycle.
>
> Constant Charge Voltage(CV) is also charging parameter which limit the
> maximum voltage that battery can reach during charge cycle.
>
> It is very common practice that at low or high temperatures we do not charge
> the batteries upto it's fullest charge voltage to avoid battery and user safety
> issues.
>
> These sysfs properties will be useful for debug and to implement certain user
> space policies like "Charging limited due to OverTemp".
>
> This patch also makes use of these two properties in smb347 charger driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramakrishna Pallala <ramakrishna.pallala@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt | 4 +
> drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c | 2 +
> drivers/power/smb347-charger.c | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> -
> include/linux/power_supply.h | 4 +
> 4 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>

I didn't receive any comment on this patch yet.
Can I assume it is in your merge queue?

Thanks,
Ram

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