[PATCH v3 1/5] power: supply: correct capacity computation

Dimitri Fedrau dima.fedrau at gmail.com
Tue Apr 22 02:46:56 PDT 2025


Hi Thomas,

On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 08:13:32PM +0200, Thomas Antoine via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Thomas Antoine <t.antoine at uclouvain.be>
> 
> From the datasheet of the MAX17201/17205, the LSB should be
> "5.0μVh/RSENSE". The current computation sets it at 0.5mAh=5.0μVh/10mOhm
> which does not take into account the value of rsense which can be
> different from 10mOhm.
> 
> Change the computation to fit the specs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Antoine <t.antoine at uclouvain.be>
> ---
>  drivers/power/supply/max1720x_battery.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max1720x_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/max1720x_battery.c
> index ea3912fd1de8bfd0d029c16f276316d06e1b105c..cca5f8b5071fb731f9b60420239ea03d46cb1bf3 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/max1720x_battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/max1720x_battery.c
> @@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ static int max172xx_voltage_to_ps(unsigned int reg)
>  	return reg * 1250;	/* in uV */
>  }
>  
> -static int max172xx_capacity_to_ps(unsigned int reg)
> +static int max172xx_capacity_to_ps(unsigned int reg,
> +				   struct max1720x_device_info *info)
>  {
> -	return reg * 500;	/* in uAh */
> +	return reg * (500000 / info->rsense);	/* in uAh */
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 
> -- 
> 2.49.0
> 
> 
thanks for finding this.

Reviewed-by: Dimitri Fedrau <dimitri.fedrau at liebherr.com>

Best regards,
Dimitri Fedrau



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