[PATCH 2/4] rtc: OMAP: Add system pm_power_off to rtc driver

[AnilKumar, Chimata]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 22:26:54, Cousson, Benoit wrote:
> Hi Anil,
> 
> On 11/06/2012 06:07 AM, AnilKumar, Chimata wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 22:13:25, Cousson, Benoit wrote:
> >> Hi Anil / Colin,
> >>
> >> On 11/05/2012 10:42 AM, AnilKumar Ch wrote:
> >>> From: Colin Foe-Parker <colin.foeparker at logicpd.com>
> >>>
> >>> Add system power off control to rtc driver which is the in-charge
> >>> of controlling the BeagleBone system power. The power_off routine
> >>> can be hooked up to "pm_power_off" system call.
> >>>
> >>> System power off sequence:-
> >>> * Set PMIC STATUS_OFF when PMIC_POWER_EN is pulled low
> >>> * Enable PMIC_POWER_EN in rtc module
> >>> * Set rtc ALARM2 time
> >>> * Enable ALARM2 interrupt
> >>>
> >>> Added while (1); after the above steps to make sure that no other
> >>> process acquire cpu. Otherwise we might see an unexpected behaviour
> >>> because we are shutting down all the power rails of SoC except RTC.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Colin Foe-Parker <colin.foeparker at logicpd.com>
> >>> [anilkumar at ti.com: move poweroff additions to rtc driver]
> >>> Signed-off-by: AnilKumar Ch <anilkumar at ti.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt |    5 ++
> >>>  drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c                             |   79 +++++++++++++++++++-
> >>>  2 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt
> >>> index b47aa41..8d9f4f9 100644
> >>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt
> >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt
> >>> @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Required properties:
> >>>  - interrupts: rtc timer, alarm interrupts in order
> >>>  - interrupt-parent: phandle for the interrupt controller
> >>>  
> >>> +Optional properties:
> >>> +- ti,system-power-controller: Telling whether or not rtc is controlling
> >>> +  the system power.
> >>
> >> I don't know how it is connected at board level, but I'm not sure the
> >> binding is the proper one.
> > 
> > Hi Benoit,
> >  ________________________________
> > |   ______          _______      |
> > |  |      |        |       |     |
> > |  |RTC   |        |       |     |
> > |  |PMIC  |  Line  |       |     |
> > |  |PWR_EN|=======>|PWR_EN |     |
> > |  |______|        |_______|     |
> > |  AM335x SoC       TPS65217     |
> > |                                |
> > |________________________________|
> >           BeagleBone
> > 
> > This is how RTC PMIC_PWR_EN is connected to PWR_EN of TPS65217 PMIC. Only when
> > RTC pull low in PMIC_PWR_EN then PMIC will go to power off state provided TPS65217
> > status should be changed to STATUS_OFF.
> > 
> > ALARM2 event should be trigger to configure PMIC_PWR_EN properly then the "Line"
> > driven low so that PMIC will go to shutdown mode.
> 
> Thanks for the nice diagram :-)

I missed this mail thread so delayed in response

> 
> I'm wondering if we cannot abuse the gpio binding to describe that
> connection instead of creating two custom attributes (PMIC + RTC).
> 
> Ideally we should do that without having to change the RTC to use the
> gpiolib at all.
> 
> 
> rtc: rtc at 44e3e000 {
> 	compatible = "ti,da830-rtc";
> 	reg = <0x44e3e000 0x1000>;
> 	interrupts = <75, 76>;
> 	ti,hwmods = "rtc";
> 
> 	/* expose the PWR_EN functionality of this RTC*/
> 	gpio-controller;
> 	#gpio-cells = <0>; /* assuming we can use 0 ??? */
> };
> 
> ...
> 
> tps: tps at 24 {
>  	compatible = "ti,tps65217";
> 	/*
>          * Enable the power enable feature from
>          * the input line if that attribute is there.
>          */
> 	gpio-power-en = <&rtc>; /* PWR_EN */
> 
> 	...
> }	
> 
> Any thought?

No, these two are independent controllers. PMIC can go to power
off mode if we pull PWR_EN to low. We can pull down that line
by any means like PRCM or GPIO or some other. So these two flags
should be independent from each other.

Thanks
AnilKumar