[PATCH 06/18] power: ab8500_bm: Recharge condition not optimal for battery

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Anton Vorontsov wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 01:12:54PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > From: Marcus Cooper <marcus.xm.cooper at stericsson.com>
> > 
> > Today the battery recharge is determined with a voltage threshold. This
> > voltage threshold is only valid when the battery is relaxed. In charging
> > algorithm the voltage read is the loaded battery voltage and no
> > compensation is done to get the relaxed voltage. When maintenance
> > charging is not selected, this makes the recharging condition to almost
> > immediately activate when there is a discharge present on the battery.
> > 
> > Depending on which vendor the battery comes from this behavior can wear
> > out the battery much faster than normal.
> > 
> > The fuelgauge driver is responsible to monitor the actual battery
> > capacity and is able to estimate the remaining capacity. It is better to
> > use the remaining capacity as a limit to determine when battery should
> > be recharged.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Marcus Cooper <marcus.xm.cooper at stericsson.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Hakan BERG <hakan.berg at stericsson.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Jonas ABERG <jonas.aberg at stericsson.com>
> > ---
> > +	.maint_thres = 95,
> >  	.user_cap_limit = 15,
> >  	.maint_thres = 97,
> >  };
> 
> 95 or 97? These are both specified. I removed 97, assuming it was a merge
> error on your side. But please double check, it could be that you really
> want 97 here.

You did the correct thing, thanks.

-- 
Lee Jones
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