Re: [PATCH 2/3] hwmon: (pmbus/core) add POWER_GOOD signal limits support

[Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>]

On Mon 09 Sep 2024 at 11:16, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:

> On 9/9/24 08:39, Jerome Brunet wrote:
>> Add support for POWER_GOOD_ON and POWER_GOOD_OFF standard PMBus commands.
>> For PMBus devices that offer a POWER_GOOD signal, these commands are used
>> for setting the output voltage at which a power good signal should be
>> asserted and negated.
>> Power Good signals are device and manufacturer specific. Many factors
>> other
>> than output voltage may be used to determine whether or not the POWER_GOOD
>> signal is to be asserted. PMBus device users are instructed to consult the
>> device manufacturer’s product literature for the specifics of the device
>> they are using.
>> Note that depending on the choice of the device manufacturer that a
>> device
>> may drive a POWER_GOOD signal high or low to indicate that the signal is
>> asserted.
>> Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h      | 3 +++
>>   drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c | 6 ++++++
>>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
>> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
>> index 5d5dc774187b..e322d2dd9fb7 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
>> @@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ enum pmbus_regs {
>>   	PMBUS_IIN_OC_FAULT_LIMIT	= 0x5B,
>>   	PMBUS_IIN_OC_WARN_LIMIT		= 0x5D,
>>   +	PMBUS_POWER_GOOD_ON		= 0x5E,
>> +	PMBUS_POWER_GOOD_OFF		= 0x5F,
>> +
>>   	PMBUS_POUT_OP_FAULT_LIMIT	= 0x68,
>>   	PMBUS_POUT_OP_WARN_LIMIT	= 0x6A,
>>   	PMBUS_PIN_OP_WARN_LIMIT		= 0x6B,
>> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
>> index 0ea6fe7eb17c..94ddf0166770 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
>> @@ -1768,6 +1768,12 @@ static const struct pmbus_limit_attr vout_limit_attrs[] = {
>>   		.attr = "crit",
>>   		.alarm = "crit_alarm",
>>   		.sbit = PB_VOLTAGE_OV_FAULT,
>> +	}, {
>> +		.reg = PMBUS_POWER_GOOD_ON,
>> +		.attr = "good_on",
>> +	}, {
>> +		.reg = PMBUS_POWER_GOOD_OFF,
>> +		.attr = "good_off",
>>   	}, {
>>   		.reg = PMBUS_VIRT_READ_VOUT_AVG,
>>   		.update = true,
>> 
>
> Those attributes are not hardware monitoring attributes and therefore not
> acceptable. In general I am not sure if they should be configurable in the
> first place, but definitely not from the hardware monitoring subsystem.
> Maybe the regulator subsystem callbacks set_over_voltage_protection and
> set_under_voltage_protection would be appropriate (with severity
> REGULATOR_SEVERITY_PROT), but that should be discussed with regulator
> subsystem maintainers.

According to PMBUS spec, there is no protection associated with that
command. It just tells when the output voltage is considered good, when
it is not. What it does after that really depends the device, it may
drive a pin for example (or an LED indicator in my case).

It is very similar to 'crit' or other limits in that sense,
I think. I don't really get why such property is not OK in hwmon then
and why it should not be configurable, if the other limits are ?

I don't mind dropping that completly, that change is not critical to me.
The intent was to contribute something to overall pmbus support.

>
> Thanks,
> Guenter

-- 
Jerome