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

AnilKumar, Chimata anilkumar at ti.com
Wed Nov 14 00:01:45 EST 2012


+Mark

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 15:17:13, AnilKumar, Chimata wrote:
> 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
> 




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