From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] power: max77843_charger: Add Max77843 charger device driver Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:54:12 +0000 Message-ID: <20150326135412.GJ5951@x1> References: <1425291038-18269-3-git-send-email-jaewon02.kim@samsung.com> <20150307201340.GF5233@earth> <54FCEABE.9000007@samsung.com> <54FD880E.30903@samsung.com> <1425903199.13415.9.camel@AMDC1943> <54FEF541.6000305@samsung.com> <551119DE.2070402@samsung.com> <551408E0.3060901@samsung.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <551408E0.3060901@samsung.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Beomho Seo Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski , Sebastian Reichel , Jaewon Kim , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Inki Dae , SangBae Lee , Rob Herring , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , Chanwoo Choi , Dmitry Torokhov List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 26 Mar 2015, Beomho Seo wrote: > On 03/24/2015 05:38 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > 2015-03-24 9:01 GMT+01:00 Beomho Seo : > >> On 03/10/2015 10:44 PM, Beomho Seo wrote: > >>> On 03/09/2015 09:13 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >>>> On pon, 2015-03-09 at 20:46 +0900, Beomho Seo wrote: > >>>>> On 03/09/2015 08:02 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >>>>>> 2015-03-09 1:35 GMT+01:00 Beomho Seo : > >>>>>>> On 03/08/2015 05:13 AM, Sebastian Reichel wrote: > >>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 07:10:35PM +0900, Jaewon Kim wrote: > >>>>>>>>> From: Beomho Seo > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> This patch adds device driver of max77843 charger. This dri= ver provide > >>>>>>>>> initialize each charging mode(e.g. fast charge, top-off mod= e and constant > >>>>>>>>> charging mode so on.). Additionally, control charging param= ters to use > >>>>>>>>> i2c interface. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Cc: Sebastian Reichel > >>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Beomho Seo > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Reviewed-By: Sebastian Reichel > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I can't take it as is, since it depends on the private heade= r file > >>>>>>>> of PATCHv1. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- Sebastian > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> This patch reviewed by Sebastian. > >>>>>>> Could you Please merge that your git tree ? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ... and again we are adding a new driver for very similar chip= set to > >>>>>> already supported. I looked at spec and the charger's register= s are > >>>>>> almost the same as for max77693. Their layout and addresses ar= e the > >>>>>> same. I see some minor differences, probably the most importan= t would > >>>>>> be different values current (fast-charge, top-off). But still = 90% of > >>>>>> registers are the same... Do we really have to add new driver? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Best regards, > >>>>>> Krzysztof > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you for your comment. As you say, both chip set are simil= ar. > >>>>> But new driver need for support max77843. It is support differe= nt below > >>>>> - Provide Battery presence information. > >>>> > >>>> Another set of power supply properties could be added for that c= hip. > >>>> This way the get_property() function would be the same but actua= lly the > >>>> POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_PRESENT won't be called for max77693. > >>>> > >>>>> - Can OTG FET control. > >>>> > >>>> Where the OTG FET feature is it enabled in your driver? I couldn= 't find > >>>> it. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Sorry. This driver don't control OTG FET feature. > >>> > >>>>> - Bigger Fast charge current, Top Off current Threshold selecti= on. > >>>>> - Various and bigger OTG current limitation. > >>>>> - Bigger primary charger termination voltage setting. > >>>>> - Different maximum input current limit selection(Different ste= p). > >>>> > >>>> Yes, I mentioned some of these differences (the Fast/top-off > >>>> differences). These are differences in values so it does not req= uire new > >>>> driver. There is need to develop new driver just to support diff= erent > >>>> current (3.0 A instead of 2.1 A) or voltage threshold. > >>>> > >>> > >>> They are different charging current, OTG current limitation, top = off current, > >>> charging limitation value. In case OTG current limitation differe= nt not > >>> limitation value but using register bit(max77843 use[7:6] max7769= 3 use[7] > >>> bit only). Even if this driver not support all feature, some regi= ster > >>> different with max77693(support value, use register bit). > >>> > >>> If this driver will combined with max77693 may even be beneficial= for > >>> new Maxim driver. But the present, this driver is related with > >>> max77843 core driver and max77843-regulator. So I hope this drive= r > >>> merge first. And then will extend two driver(max77843 charger and= max77693 charger). > >=20 > > I still prefer merging common drivers into one instead of creating > > some more of them. > > However I understand your point and I am not entirely opposed again= st. > > Especially that you invested quite a bit of time for developing thi= s > > and my feedback was quite late. To summarize I am fine with your > > approach. > >=20 > > Best regards, > > Krzysztof > > >=20 > Dear Lee Jones, >=20 > Could you please merge that your git tree ? Sorry, I'm lost. Why am I taking this though the MFD tree? What patches are left? Where are they going? Am I taking any other patches? --=20 Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org =E2=94=82 Open source software for ARM SoCs =46ollow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html