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Autor: Sebastian Reichel
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Para: Sicelo
CC: linux-pm, maemo-leste, pali
Assunto: Re: [maemo-leste] [PATCH] power: supply: bq2415x_charger: report online status
Hi,

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 11:34:54PM +0200, Sicelo wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 09:11:36PM +0100, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 09:44:32PM +0200, Sicelo A. Mhlongo wrote:
> > > Provide the Online property. This chip does not have specific flags to
> > > indicate the presence of an input voltage, but this can be inferred from
> > > the reported charging status.
> >
> > The datasheet suggests, that you can get the status from the fault
> > bits:
> >
> > 011 - Poor input source or VBUS < UVLO
> >
> Absolutely, yes. This particular state, which is a fault condition, clearly
> indicates VBUS is present.


I assumed this might be set for a disconnected charger, considering
that no input source is a poor input source / 0V is < UVLO.

> However, when there are no faults at all, then those bits always read
> `000`. On a running system, one can check this by connecting and
> disconnecting a charger (Nokia N900 used in my tests) while watching
> /sys/class/power_supply/bq24150a-0/registers. Only bit 4 changes state.
> In other words, the fault bits do not appear to be enough to determine
> the presence of an input voltage.


Ok.

> However, looking at them more closely seems to suggest I should respin the
> patch to also report VBUS online if a fault is reported instead of only
> during charging and charge full states.


Right, so you can just check for BQ2415X_CHARGE_STATUS != 0.

> Please let me know if this sounds correct, or if I misunderstood your
> reply.


Greetings,

-- Sebastian