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diff --git a/Documentation/power/charger-manager.txt b/Documentation/power/charger-manager.txt index fdcca991df30..b4f7f4b23f64 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/charger-manager.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/charger-manager.txt @@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ Charger Manager supports the following: Normally, the platform will need to resume and suspend some devices that are used by Charger Manager. +* Support for premature full-battery event handling + If the battery voltage drops by "fullbatt_vchkdrop_uV" after + "fullbatt_vchkdrop_ms" from the full-battery event, the framework + restarts charging. This check is also performed while suspended by + setting wakeup time accordingly and using suspend_again. + +* Support for uevent-notify + With the charger-related events, the device sends + notification to users with UEVENT. + 2. Global Charger-Manager Data related with suspend_again ======================================================== In order to setup Charger Manager with suspend-again feature @@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ if there are multiple batteries. If there are multiple batteries, the multiple instances of Charger Manager share the same charger_global_desc and it will manage in-suspend monitoring for all instances of Charger Manager. -The user needs to provide all the two entries properly in order to activate +The user needs to provide all the three entries properly in order to activate in-suspend monitoring: struct charger_global_desc { @@ -74,6 +84,11 @@ bool (*rtc_only_wakeup)(void); same struct. If there is any other wakeup source triggered the wakeup, it should return false. If the "rtc" is the only wakeup reason, it should return true. + +bool assume_timer_stops_in_suspend; + : if true, Charger Manager assumes that + the timer (CM uses jiffies as timer) stops during suspend. Then, CM + assumes that the suspend-duration is same as the alarm length. }; 3. How to setup suspend_again @@ -111,6 +126,16 @@ enum polling_modes polling_mode; CM_POLL_CHARGING_ONLY: poll this battery if and only if the battery is being charged. +unsigned int fullbatt_vchkdrop_ms; +unsigned int fullbatt_vchkdrop_uV; + : If both have non-zero values, Charger Manager will check the + battery voltage drop fullbatt_vchkdrop_ms after the battery is fully + charged. If the voltage drop is over fullbatt_vchkdrop_uV, Charger + Manager will try to recharge the battery by disabling and enabling + chargers. Recharge with voltage drop condition only (without delay + condition) is needed to be implemented with hardware interrupts from + fuel gauges or charger devices/chips. + unsigned int fullbatt_uV; : If specified with a non-zero value, Charger Manager assumes that the battery is full (capacity = 100) if the battery is not being @@ -122,6 +147,8 @@ unsigned int polling_interval_ms; this battery every polling_interval_ms or more frequently. enum data_source battery_present; + : CM_BATTERY_PRESENT: assume that the battery exists. + CM_NO_BATTERY: assume that the battery does not exists. CM_FUEL_GAUGE: get battery presence information from fuel gauge. CM_CHARGER_STAT: get battery presence from chargers. @@ -151,7 +178,17 @@ bool measure_battery_temp; the value of measure_battery_temp. }; -5. Other Considerations +5. Notify Charger-Manager of charger events: cm_notify_event() +========================================================= +If there is an charger event is required to notify +Charger Manager, a charger device driver that triggers the event can call +cm_notify_event(psy, type, msg) to notify the corresponding Charger Manager. +In the function, psy is the charger driver's power_supply pointer, which is +associated with Charger-Manager. The parameter "type" +is the same as irq's type (enum cm_event_types). The event message "msg" is +optional and is effective only if the event type is "UNDESCRIBED" or "OTHERS". + +6. Other Considerations ======================= At the charger/battery-related events such as battery-pulled-out, |
