Re: [PATCH v12 4/4] power: wm831x_power: Support USB charger current limit management

[Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>]

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Hi,

Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> writes:
> On 21 June 2016 at 19:03, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 01:30:49PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>>> Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> writes:
>>> > @@ -607,8 +647,31 @@ static int wm831x_power_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>> >             }
>>> >     }
>>
>>> > +   if (wm831x_pdata && wm831x_pdata->usb_gadget) {
>>> > +           power->usb_charger =
>>> > +                   usb_charger_find_by_name(wm831x_pdata->usb_gadget);
>>
>>> the fact that you rely on strings and pass them via pdata is an
>>> indication that you don't have enough description of the HW. Seems like
>>> we need to come up with a set of DT properties which tie a charger to a
>>> UDC.
>>
>>> I'm thinking a phandle would be enough?
>>
>> The wm831x has no DT support currently.
>
> Another hand I suppose the usb charger is one virtual device and does
> not need be described from DT.

Right, I don't think that should be a device at all. But you can pass a
phandle to the UDC controller and use that to get to struct usb_gadget
from which you could reach ->charger.

-- 
balbi

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