[PATCH v2] pwm-regulator: Add support for a fixed delay after duty cycle changes

From: Matthias Kaehlcke
Date: Fri Aug 26 2016 - 20:20:46 EST


A change of the duty cycle doesn't necessarily cause an inmediate switch
to the target voltage. The voltage change may be gradual and complete
with a certain delay. This change introduces the device tree properties
"settle-time-up-us" and "settle-time-down-us", which allow to specify a
fixed delay after a voltage increase or decrease. Often it is not
strictly necessary for a voltage decrease to complete, therefore the
delays may be asymmetric. For regulators with a ramp delay the
corresponding settle time is added to the ramp delay.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bindings/regulator/pwm-regulator.txt | 10 +++++++++
drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/pwm-regulator.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/pwm-regulator.txt
index 3aeba9f..42b6819 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/pwm-regulator.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/pwm-regulator.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ Required properties:

- pwms: PWM specification (See: ../pwm/pwm.txt)

+Optional properties:
+--------------------
+- settle-time-up-us: Time to settle down after a voltage increase
+ (unit: us). For regulators with a ramp delay
+ the two values are added.
+
+- settle-time-down-us: Time to settle down after a voltage decrease
+ (unit: us). For regulators with a ramp delay
+ the two values are added.
+
Only required for Voltage Table Mode:
- voltage-table: Voltage and Duty-Cycle table consisting of 2 cells
First cell is voltage in microvolts (uV)
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c
index c245242..51fe4da 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ struct pwm_regulator_data {

int state;

+ u32 settle_time_up_us;
+ u32 settle_time_down_us;
+
/* Enable GPIO */
struct gpio_desc *enb_gpio;
};
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ static int pwm_regulator_set_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
unsigned int max_uV_duty = drvdata->continuous.max_uV_dutycycle;
unsigned int duty_unit = drvdata->continuous.dutycycle_unit;
unsigned int ramp_delay = rdev->constraints->ramp_delay;
+ unsigned int delay;
int min_uV = rdev->constraints->min_uV;
int max_uV = rdev->constraints->max_uV;
int diff_uV = max_uV - min_uV;
@@ -233,12 +237,20 @@ static int pwm_regulator_set_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
return ret;
}

- if ((ramp_delay == 0) || !pwm_regulator_is_enabled(rdev))
+ if (req_min_uV > old_uV)
+ delay = drvdata->settle_time_up_us;
+ else
+ delay = drvdata->settle_time_down_us;
+
+ if (!pwm_regulator_is_enabled(rdev) ||
+ ((delay == 0) && (ramp_delay == 0)))
return 0;

- /* Ramp delay is in uV/uS. Adjust to uS and delay */
- ramp_delay = DIV_ROUND_UP(abs(req_min_uV - old_uV), ramp_delay);
- usleep_range(ramp_delay, ramp_delay + DIV_ROUND_UP(ramp_delay, 10));
+ if (ramp_delay != 0)
+ /* Adjust ramp delay to uS and add to settle time. */
+ delay += DIV_ROUND_UP(abs(req_min_uV - old_uV), ramp_delay);
+
+ usleep_range(delay, delay + DIV_ROUND_UP(delay, 10));

return 0;
}
@@ -368,6 +380,11 @@ static int pwm_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!init_data)
return -ENOMEM;

+ of_property_read_u32(np, "settle-time-up-us",
+ &drvdata->settle_time_up_us);
+ of_property_read_u32(np, "settle-time-down-us",
+ &drvdata->settle_time_down_us);
+
config.of_node = np;
config.dev = &pdev->dev;
config.driver_data = drvdata;
--
2.6.6