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authorLiam Breck <kernel@networkimprov.net>2017-06-07 11:37:51 -0700
committerSebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.co.uk>2017-06-08 16:29:28 +0200
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power: supply: core: Add power_supply_battery_info and API
power_supply_get_battery_info() reads battery data from devicetree. struct power_supply_battery_info provides battery data to drivers. Its fields correspond to elements in enum power_supply_property. Drivers may surface battery data in sysfs via corresponding POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_* fields. Signed-off-by: Matt Ranostay <matt@ranostay.consulting> Signed-off-by: Liam Breck <kernel@networkimprov.net> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.co.uk>
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diff --git a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt
@@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ issued by external power supply will notify supplicants via
external_power_changed callback.
+Devicetree battery characteristics
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Drivers should call power_supply_get_battery_info() to obtain battery
+characteristics from a devicetree battery node, defined in
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt. This is
+implemented in drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c.
+
+Properties in struct power_supply_battery_info and their counterparts in the
+battery node have names corresponding to elements in enum power_supply_property,
+for naming consistency between sysfs attributes and battery node properties.
+
+
QA
~~
Q: Where is POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_XYZ attribute?