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diff --git a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 300d37896e51..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,231 +0,0 @@ -Linux power supply class -======================== - -Synopsis -~~~~~~~~ -Power supply class used to represent battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply -properties to user-space. - -It defines core set of attributes, which should be applicable to (almost) -every power supply out there. Attributes are available via sysfs and uevent -interfaces. - -Each attribute has well defined meaning, up to unit of measure used. While -the attributes provided are believed to be universally applicable to any -power supply, specific monitoring hardware may not be able to provide them -all, so any of them may be skipped. - -Power supply class is extensible, and allows to define drivers own attributes. -The core attribute set is subject to the standard Linux evolution (i.e. -if it will be found that some attribute is applicable to many power supply -types or their drivers, it can be added to the core set). - -It also integrates with LED framework, for the purpose of providing -typically expected feedback of battery charging/fully charged status and -AC/USB power supply online status. (Note that specific details of the -indication (including whether to use it at all) are fully controllable by -user and/or specific machine defaults, per design principles of LED -framework). - - -Attributes/properties -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Power supply class has predefined set of attributes, this eliminates code -duplication across drivers. Power supply class insist on reusing its -predefined attributes *and* their units. - -So, userspace gets predictable set of attributes and their units for any -kind of power supply, and can process/present them to a user in consistent -manner. Results for different power supplies and machines are also directly -comparable. - -See drivers/power/supply/ds2760_battery.c and drivers/power/supply/pda_power.c -for the example how to declare and handle attributes. - - -Units -~~~~~ -Quoting include/linux/power_supply.h: - - All voltages, currents, charges, energies, time and temperatures in µV, - µA, µAh, µWh, seconds and tenths of degree Celsius unless otherwise - stated. It's driver's job to convert its raw values to units in which - this class operates. - - -Attributes/properties detailed -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charge/Energy/Capacity - how to not confuse ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -~ ~ -~ Because both "charge" (µAh) and "energy" (µWh) represents "capacity" ~ -~ of battery, this class distinguish these terms. Don't mix them! ~ -~ ~ -~ CHARGE_* attributes represents capacity in µAh only. ~ -~ ENERGY_* attributes represents capacity in µWh only. ~ -~ CAPACITY attribute represents capacity in *percents*, from 0 to 100. ~ -~ ~ -~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - -Postfixes: -_AVG - *hardware* averaged value, use it if your hardware is really able to -report averaged values. -_NOW - momentary/instantaneous values. - -STATUS - this attribute represents operating status (charging, full, -discharging (i.e. powering a load), etc.). This corresponds to -BATTERY_STATUS_* values, as defined in battery.h. - -CHARGE_TYPE - batteries can typically charge at different rates. -This defines trickle and fast charges. For batteries that -are already charged or discharging, 'n/a' can be displayed (or -'unknown', if the status is not known). - -AUTHENTIC - indicates the power supply (battery or charger) connected -to the platform is authentic(1) or non authentic(0). - -HEALTH - represents health of the battery, values corresponds to -POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_*, defined in battery.h. - -VOLTAGE_OCV - open circuit voltage of the battery. - -VOLTAGE_MAX_DESIGN, VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN - design values for maximal and -minimal power supply voltages. Maximal/minimal means values of voltages -when battery considered "full"/"empty" at normal conditions. Yes, there is -no direct relation between voltage and battery capacity, but some dumb -batteries use voltage for very approximated calculation of capacity. -Battery driver also can use this attribute just to inform userspace -about maximal and minimal voltage thresholds of a given battery. - -VOLTAGE_MAX, VOLTAGE_MIN - same as _DESIGN voltage values except that -these ones should be used if hardware could only guess (measure and -retain) the thresholds of a given power supply. - -VOLTAGE_BOOT - Reports the voltage measured during boot - -CURRENT_BOOT - Reports the current measured during boot - -CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN, CHARGE_EMPTY_DESIGN - design charge values, when -battery considered full/empty. - -ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN, ENERGY_EMPTY_DESIGN - same as above but for energy. - -CHARGE_FULL, CHARGE_EMPTY - These attributes means "last remembered value -of charge when battery became full/empty". It also could mean "value of -charge when battery considered full/empty at given conditions (temperature, -age)". I.e. these attributes represents real thresholds, not design values. - -ENERGY_FULL, ENERGY_EMPTY - same as above but for energy. - -CHARGE_COUNTER - the current charge counter (in µAh). This could easily -be negative; there is no empty or full value. It is only useful for -relative, time-based measurements. - -PRECHARGE_CURRENT - the maximum charge current during precharge phase -of charge cycle (typically 20% of battery capacity). -CHARGE_TERM_CURRENT - Charge termination current. The charge cycle -terminates when battery voltage is above recharge threshold, and charge -current is below this setting (typically 10% of battery capacity). - -CONSTANT_CHARGE_CURRENT - constant charge current programmed by charger. -CONSTANT_CHARGE_CURRENT_MAX - maximum charge current supported by the -power supply object. - -CONSTANT_CHARGE_VOLTAGE - constant charge voltage programmed by charger. -CONSTANT_CHARGE_VOLTAGE_MAX - maximum charge voltage supported by the -power supply object. - -INPUT_CURRENT_LIMIT - input current limit programmed by charger. Indicates -the current drawn from a charging source. - -CHARGE_CONTROL_LIMIT - current charge control limit setting -CHARGE_CONTROL_LIMIT_MAX - maximum charge control limit setting - -CALIBRATE - battery or coulomb counter calibration status - -CAPACITY - capacity in percents. -CAPACITY_ALERT_MIN - minimum capacity alert value in percents. -CAPACITY_ALERT_MAX - maximum capacity alert value in percents. -CAPACITY_LEVEL - capacity level. This corresponds to -POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_*. - -TEMP - temperature of the power supply. -TEMP_ALERT_MIN - minimum battery temperature alert. -TEMP_ALERT_MAX - maximum battery temperature alert. -TEMP_AMBIENT - ambient temperature. -TEMP_AMBIENT_ALERT_MIN - minimum ambient temperature alert. -TEMP_AMBIENT_ALERT_MAX - maximum ambient temperature alert. -TEMP_MIN - minimum operatable temperature -TEMP_MAX - maximum operatable temperature - -TIME_TO_EMPTY - seconds left for battery to be considered empty (i.e. -while battery powers a load) -TIME_TO_FULL - seconds left for battery to be considered full (i.e. -while battery is charging) - - -Battery <-> external power supply interaction -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Often power supplies are acting as supplies and supplicants at the same -time. Batteries are good example. So, batteries usually care if they're -externally powered or not. - -For that case, power supply class implements notification mechanism for -batteries. - -External power supply (AC) lists supplicants (batteries) names in -"supplied_to" struct member, and each power_supply_changed() call -issued by external power supply will notify supplicants via -external_power_changed callback. - - -Devicetree battery characteristics -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Drivers should call power_supply_get_battery_info() to obtain battery -characteristics from a devicetree battery node, defined in -Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt. This is -implemented in drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c. - -Properties in struct power_supply_battery_info and their counterparts in the -battery node have names corresponding to elements in enum power_supply_property, -for naming consistency between sysfs attributes and battery node properties. - - -QA -~~ -Q: Where is POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_XYZ attribute? -A: If you cannot find attribute suitable for your driver needs, feel free - to add it and send patch along with your driver. - - The attributes available currently are the ones currently provided by the - drivers written. - - Good candidates to add in future: model/part#, cycle_time, manufacturer, - etc. - - -Q: I have some very specific attribute (e.g. battery color), should I add - this attribute to standard ones? -A: Most likely, no. Such attribute can be placed in the driver itself, if - it is useful. Of course, if the attribute in question applicable to - large set of batteries, provided by many drivers, and/or comes from - some general battery specification/standard, it may be a candidate to - be added to the core attribute set. - - -Q: Suppose, my battery monitoring chip/firmware does not provides capacity - in percents, but provides charge_{now,full,empty}. Should I calculate - percentage capacity manually, inside the driver, and register CAPACITY - attribute? The same question about time_to_empty/time_to_full. -A: Most likely, no. This class is designed to export properties which are - directly measurable by the specific hardware available. - - Inferring not available properties using some heuristics or mathematical - model is not subject of work for a battery driver. Such functionality - should be factored out, and in fact, apm_power, the driver to serve - legacy APM API on top of power supply class, uses a simple heuristic of - approximating remaining battery capacity based on its charge, current, - voltage and so on. But full-fledged battery model is likely not subject - for kernel at all, as it would require floating point calculation to deal - with things like differential equations and Kalman filters. This is - better be handled by batteryd/libbattery, yet to be written. |