[PATCH] power: supply: bq27xxx: add model name support for bq27z561

From: Alexander Svarvare

Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 10:10:31 EST


The bq27z561 fuel gauge can report its device name via the
AltManufacturerAccess() (MAC) command 0x004A. Expose this information
through the POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_MODEL_NAME property.

This allows userspace charge-management daemons to make more intelligent
decisions by being able to map battery pack to datasheet and infer
additional useful battery characteristics.

Other power_supply properties can be provided through
AltManufacturerAccess(), so implement an interface. Make it
modular/flexible since for other chips, the same MAC-command
for retrieving a property may have a different numerical value.

Serialize the complete MAC write-delay-read transaction for concurrency
safety, preventing another command from replacing the pending response
during the required delay. Keep dedicated per-device storage for the model
name to preserve the returned pointer’s lifetime.

Hardware-tested on BQ27Z561 using a backport to the product kernel.
The model_name property returned the expected value.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Svarvare <alexander.svarvare@xxxxxxxx>
---
bq27xxx fuel gauges (FGs) provide most of power_supply properties by basic
register reads. For the remaining properties, they can be read by writing a
command to a buffer AltManufacturerAccess() and reading the result from
another buffer MACData().

Since the release of bq27z561, six bq27xxx 1-cell FGs have been released.
Three support reading the model_name in the same way as bq27z561 while five
provide properties supported by power_supply.h through
AltManufacturerAccess(). In addition, five specify the return string as
2 bytes echo of the MAC command followed by the string. This format has
therefore been hardcoded.

*Some* properties (varies) provided in this manner which are supported in
power_supply.h are:
model_name, manufacturer, serial_number, manufacture day/month/year
---
drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/linux/power/bq27xxx_battery.h | 5 ++
2 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c
index 45f0e39b8c2d..2a24eaf1aecb 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@

#define INVALID_REG_ADDR 0xff

+/* SMBus block transfers are limited to 32 bytes. */
+#define BQ27XXX_DATA_BLOCK_LEN 32
+
/*
* bq27xxx_reg_index - Register names
*
@@ -833,6 +836,7 @@ static enum power_supply_property bq27z561_props[] = {
POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CYCLE_COUNT,
POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_POWER_AVG,
POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_HEALTH,
+ POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_MODEL_NAME,
POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_MANUFACTURER,
};

@@ -1010,16 +1014,39 @@ static struct bq27xxx_dm_reg bq27621_dm_regs[] = {

#define BQ27XXX_DATA(ref, key, opt) { \
.opts = (opt), \
- .unseal_key = key, \
+ .unseal_key = (key), \
+ .cmds = &bq27xxx_no_cmds, \
+ .regs = ref##_regs, \
+ .dm_regs = ref##_dm_regs, \
+ .props = ref##_props, \
+ .props_size = ARRAY_SIZE(ref##_props), }
+
+#define BQ27XXX_CMDS(ref, key, opt, cptr) { \
+ .opts = (opt), \
+ .unseal_key = (key), \
+ .cmds = (cptr), \
.regs = ref##_regs, \
.dm_regs = ref##_dm_regs, \
.props = ref##_props, \
- .props_size = ARRAY_SIZE(ref##_props) }
+ .props_size = ARRAY_SIZE(ref##_props), }
+
+struct bq27xxx_cmds {
+ u16 model_name_cmd;
+};
+
+static const struct bq27xxx_cmds bq27xxx_no_cmds = {
+ .model_name_cmd = 0,
+};
+
+static const struct bq27xxx_cmds bq27z561_cmds = {
+ .model_name_cmd = 0x004A,
+};

static struct {
u32 opts;
u32 unseal_key;
u8 *regs;
+ const struct bq27xxx_cmds *cmds;
struct bq27xxx_dm_reg *dm_regs;
enum power_supply_property *props;
size_t props_size;
@@ -1051,7 +1078,7 @@ static struct {
[BQ27426] = BQ27XXX_DATA(bq27426, 0x80008000, BQ27XXX_O_UTOT | BQ27XXX_O_CFGUP | BQ27XXX_O_RAM),
[BQ27441] = BQ27XXX_DATA(bq27441, 0x80008000, BQ27XXX_O_UTOT | BQ27XXX_O_CFGUP | BQ27XXX_O_RAM),
[BQ27621] = BQ27XXX_DATA(bq27621, 0x80008000, BQ27XXX_O_UTOT | BQ27XXX_O_CFGUP | BQ27XXX_O_RAM),
- [BQ27Z561] = BQ27XXX_DATA(bq27z561, 0 , BQ27Z561_O_BITS),
+ [BQ27Z561] = BQ27XXX_CMDS(bq27z561, 0 , BQ27Z561_O_BITS, &bq27z561_cmds),
[BQ28Z610] = BQ27XXX_DATA(bq28z610, 0 , BQ27Z561_O_BITS),
[BQ34Z100] = BQ27XXX_DATA(bq34z100, 0 , BQ27XXX_O_OTDC | BQ27XXX_O_SOC_SI | \
BQ27XXX_O_HAS_CI | BQ27XXX_O_MUL_CHEM),
@@ -1220,6 +1247,60 @@ static inline int bq27xxx_write_block(struct bq27xxx_device_info *di, int reg_in
return ret;
}

+static int bq27xxx_mac_read_string(struct bq27xxx_device_info *di, u16 cmd,
+ char *name_buffer, u8 buf_len)
+{
+ u8 mac_data[BQ27XXX_DATA_BLOCK_LEN + 1];
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!buf_len)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Serialize the complete MAC command-response transaction. */
+ guard(mutex)(&di->lock);
+
+ ret = bq27xxx_write(di, BQ27XXX_REG_CTRL, cmd, false);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ dev_err(di->dev, "failed to issue MAC command: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ /* 66-us AltManufacturerAccess() wait time, use 1 ms guard */
+ BQ27XXX_MSLEEP(1);
+
+ ret = bq27xxx_read_block(di, BQ27XXX_DM_CLASS, mac_data,
+ BQ27XXX_DATA_BLOCK_LEN);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ dev_err(di->dev, "failed to read MAC data block: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ if (mac_data[0] != (cmd & 0xff) ||
+ mac_data[1] != (cmd >> 8))
+ return -EPROTO;
+
+ if (!mac_data[2])
+ return -ENODATA;
+
+ mac_data[BQ27XXX_DATA_BLOCK_LEN] = '\0';
+ ret = strscpy(name_buffer, &mac_data[2], buf_len);
+
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ dev_err(di->dev, "failed to copy MAC string: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int bq27xxx_get_model_name(struct bq27xxx_device_info *di, char *name, u8 len)
+{
+ if (!di->cmds || !di->cmds->model_name_cmd)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return bq27xxx_mac_read_string(di, di->cmds->model_name_cmd, name, len);
+}
+
static int bq27xxx_battery_seal(struct bq27xxx_device_info *di)
{
int ret;
@@ -2206,6 +2287,13 @@ static int bq27xxx_battery_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_HEALTH:
ret = bq27xxx_battery_read_health(di, val);
break;
+ case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_MODEL_NAME:
+ ret = bq27xxx_get_model_name(di, di->model_name_buf, sizeof(di->model_name_buf));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ break;
+
+ val->strval = di->model_name_buf;
+ break;
case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_MANUFACTURER:
val->strval = BQ27XXX_MANUFACTURER;
break;
@@ -2243,6 +2331,7 @@ int bq27xxx_battery_setup(struct bq27xxx_device_info *di)
di->unseal_key = bq27xxx_chip_data[di->chip].unseal_key;
di->dm_regs = bq27xxx_chip_data[di->chip].dm_regs;
di->opts = bq27xxx_chip_data[di->chip].opts;
+ di->cmds = bq27xxx_chip_data[di->chip].cmds;

psy_desc = devm_kzalloc(di->dev, sizeof(*psy_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!psy_desc)
diff --git a/include/linux/power/bq27xxx_battery.h b/include/linux/power/bq27xxx_battery.h
index d56e1276aafe..009ccdd6395a 100644
--- a/include/linux/power/bq27xxx_battery.h
+++ b/include/linux/power/bq27xxx_battery.h
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@

#include <linux/power_supply.h>

+/* S21 Device Name holds up to 20 characters; reserve one byte for NUL. */
+#define BQ27XXX_STR_BUF_LEN 21
+
enum bq27xxx_chip {
BQ27000 = 1, /* bq27000, bq27200 */
BQ27010, /* bq27010, bq27210 */
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ struct bq27xxx_device_info {
const char *name;
struct bq27xxx_dm_reg *dm_regs;
u32 unseal_key;
+ const struct bq27xxx_cmds *cmds;
+ char model_name_buf[BQ27XXX_STR_BUF_LEN];
struct bq27xxx_access_methods bus;
struct bq27xxx_reg_cache cache;
int charge_design_full;

---
base-commit: 4549871118cf616eecdd2d939f78e3b9e1dddc48
change-id: 20260625-alexander-laddchip-patch-4b565f9844cb

Best regards,
--
Alexander Svarvare <alexander.svarvare@xxxxxxxx>