Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] power_supply: Add Standard, Adaptive, and Custom charge types

[Enric Balletbo i Serra]

On 18/4/19 18:43, Nick Crews wrote:
> Add "Standard", "Adaptive", and "Custom" modes to the charge_type
> property, to expand the existing "Trickle" and "Fast" modes.
> I am adding them in order to support a new Chrome OS device,
> but these properties should be general enough that they can be
> used on other devices.
> 
> The meaning of "Standard" is obvious, but "Adaptive" and "Custom" are
> more tricky: "Adaptive" means that the charge controller uses some
> custom algorithm to change the charge type automatically, with no
> configuration needed. "Custom" means that the charge controller uses the
> POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CHARGE_CONTROL_* properties as configuration for some
> other algorithm.
> 
> v5 changes:
> - Split up adding the charge types and adding the
>   POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CHARGE_CONTROL_START_THRESHOLD and
>   POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CHARGE_CONTROL_END_THRESHOLD properties into
>   two different commits.
> v4 changes:
> - Add documentation for the new properties, and add documentation for
>   the the previously missing charge_control_limit and
>   charge_control_limit_max properties.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Crews <ncrews@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power | 12 +++++++++---
>  drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c   |  2 +-
>  include/linux/power_supply.h                |  8 ++++++--
>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power
> index 5e23e22dce1b..544c4e0ef8b6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power
> @@ -119,10 +119,16 @@ Date:		July 2009
>  Contact:	linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  Description:
>  		Represents the type of charging currently being applied to the
> -		battery.
> +		battery. "Trickle", "Fast", and "Standard" all mean different
> +		charging speeds. "Adaptive" means that the charger uses some
> +		algorithm to adjust the charge rate dynamically, without
> +		any user configuration required. "Custom" means that the charger
> +		uses the charge_control_* properties as configuration for some
> +		different algorithm.
>  
> -		Access: Read
> -		Valid values: "Unknown", "N/A", "Trickle", "Fast"
> +		Access: Read, Write
> +		Valid values: "Unknown", "N/A", "Trickle", "Fast", "Standard",
> +			      "Adaptive", "Custom"
>  
>  What:		/sys/class/power_supply/<supply_name>/charge_term_current
>  Date:		July 2014
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c
> index dce24f596160..64dff5cfecc3 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static const char * const power_supply_status_text[] = {
>  };
>  
>  static const char * const power_supply_charge_type_text[] = {
> -	"Unknown", "N/A", "Trickle", "Fast"
> +	"Unknown", "N/A", "Trickle", "Fast", "Standard", "Adaptive", "Custom"
>  };
>  
>  static const char * const power_supply_health_text[] = {
> diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h
> index 2f9c201a54d1..e86e05d8134d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/power_supply.h
> +++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h
> @@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ enum {
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_FULL,
>  };
>  
> +/* What algorithm is the charger using? */
>  enum {
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
>  	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_NONE,
> -	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_TRICKLE,
> -	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_FAST,
> +	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_TRICKLE,	/* slow speed */
> +	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_FAST,		/* fast speed */
> +	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_STANDARD,	/* normal speed */
> +	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_ADAPTIVE,	/* dynamically adjusted speed */
> +	POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE_CUSTOM,	/* use CHARGE_CONTROL_* props */
>  };
>  
>  enum {
>