Re: [PATCH 2/7] power: supply: bq27xxx: report "not charging" on all types

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Sep 09 2020 - 02:35:21 EST


On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 22:54, Dan Murphy <dmurphy@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Krzysztof
>
> On 9/8/20 3:13 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > Commit 6f24ff97e323 ("power: supply: bq27xxx_battery: Add the
> > BQ27Z561 Battery monitor") and commit d74534c27775 ("power:
> > bq27xxx_battery: Add support for additional bq27xxx family devices")
> > added support for new device types by copying most of the code and
> > adding necessary quirks.
> >
> > However they did not copy the code in bq27xxx_battery_status()
> > responsible for returning POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING.
> >
> > Unify the bq27xxx_battery_status() so for all types when charger is
> > supplied, it will return "not charging" status.
>
> If this is a fix then please populate the Fixes tag.
>
> But not sure how both commits are tied here

I am not convinced that it is a fix. It's rather missing functionality
on these new devices. The commits did not break anything. They just
did not implement "not charging" for new types.

Best Regards,
Krzysztof