[PATCH 16/18] charger: max14577: Add support for MAX77836 charger

Jenny Tc jenny.tc at intel.com
Mon Feb 3 06:30:32 EST 2014


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 01:18:40PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> -	/* Battery-Charger Constant Voltage (CV) Mode, from SM-V700: 4.35V */
> +	/* Battery-Charger Constant Voltage (CV) Mode, set to: 4.35V */

Does this charger chip support only 4.35V batteries? If the CV is hard coded
to 4.35V, it's not safe for 4.2V batteries.

> +	/* End-of-Charge Current, set to 50mA (max14577) / 7.5mA (max77836) */
The End of charge current basically depend on battery and not on charger chip.

> -	/* Overvoltage-Protection Threshold, from SM-V700: 6.5V */
> +	/* Overvoltage-Protection Threshold, set to 6.5V */
6.5V as over voltage for battery? A 4.35V battery would have exploded by
that time!



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