Re: [PATCH v2] Add regulator driver for the bq2407x family of charger ICs.

["Heiko Stübner" <heiko@sntech.de>]

Hi MyungJoo

Am Donnerstag, 25. August 2011, 08:55:29 schrieb MyungJoo Ham:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Heiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de> wrote:
> > This driver controls a TI bq2407x charger attached via GPIOs.
> > The provided current regulator can enable/disable charging and
> > select between 100 mA, 500 mA and a machine specific current limit.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
> 
> This looks like a bq24022 driver + max-current-mode ("USB standby"
> seems not implemented in the driver). Wouldn't it be possible to patch
> bq24022 driver so that the bq24022 driver becomes compatible with this
> bq2407x?
> 
> 2407x's EN1 = 24022's iset2
> 2407x's nce = 24022's nce
> 
> I think you may simply let the driver ignore EN2 (and max-current
> mode) if the supplied EN2 in pdata is NULL, then, the driver will be
> compatible for both.

Thanks for adding a new perspective on this. The way you put it, it seems 
quite easy to do it this way and integrate it into the bq24022 driver.

So I will give it shot this evening and will see were it leads me.

Thanks
Heiko