Re: [RFC PATCH 5/7] dt-bindings: regulator: bd9576 add FET ON-resistance for OCW

[Vaittinen, Matti]

Morning Rob,

On Wed, 2021-02-17 at 15:34 -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 02:35:41PM +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> > BD9576MUF provides over-current protection and detection. Current
> > is
> > measured as voltage loss over external FET. Allow specifying FET's
> > on
> > resistance so current monitoring limits can be converted to
> > voltages.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/regulator/rohm,bd9576-regulator.yaml | 5
> > +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git
> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/rohm,bd9576-
> > regulator.yaml
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/rohm,bd9576-
> > regulator.yaml
> > index b6515a0cee62..ad3f57e9cd9b 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/rohm,bd9576-
> > regulator.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/rohm,bd9576-
> > regulator.yaml
> > @@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ patternProperties:
> >        Properties for single regulator.
> >      $ref: "regulator.yaml#"
> >  
> > +    properties:
> > +      rohm,ocw-fet-ron-milliohms:
> 
> We have '-ohms' and '-micro-ohms' already. Neither range works for
> you?

Thanks for taking a look at this :)

I expect values to be magnitude of few hundred milliohms - which means
micro-ohms should be usable. I'll try to still check this as I am far
from being HW-expert. I probably can convert this to micro-ohms for v2.

Best Regards
	Matti Vaittinen

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