Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: x1-dell-thena: remove i2c20 (battery SMBus) and reserve its pins
From: Konrad Dybcio
Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 07:07:43 EST
On 2/10/26 6:45 PM, Val Packett wrote:
> i2c20 is used by the battmgr service on the ADSP to communicate with the
> SBS interface of the battery. Initializing it from Linux would break the
> battmgr functionality when booted in EL2. Mark those pins as reserved.
>
> Fixes: e7733b42111c ("arm64: dts: qcom: Add support for Dell Inspiron 7441 / Latitude 7455")
> Signed-off-by: Val Packett <val@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Wow.. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I had the "broken battmgr in EL2"
> issue that absolutely no one else had on other laptops, turns out I did it to myself.
> ---
It's good you found it..
Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Konrad