[PATCH v5 2/2] power: supply: max17042: add platform driver variant
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzk at kernel.org
Tue Dec 24 06:16:44 PST 2024
On 23/12/2024 14:30, Dzmitry Sankouski wrote:
> Maxim PMICs may include fuel gauge with additional features, which is
> out of single Linux power supply driver scope.
>
> For example, in max77705 PMIC fuelgauge has additional registers,
> like IIN_REG, VSYS_REG, ISYS_REG. Those needed to measure PMIC input
> current, system voltage and current respectively. Those measurements
> cannot be bound to any of fuelgauge properties.
>
> The solution here add and option to use max17042 driver as a MFD
> sub device, thus allowing any additional functionality be implemented as
> another sub device. This will help to reduce code duplication in MFD
> fuel gauge drivers.
>
I did not perform a thorough review, but skimmed through the code. Looks
fine.
Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org>
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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