From: Dimitri Fedrau <dimitri.fedrau@liebherr.com>
On some devices like TIs BQ24081 battery charger it is possible to activate
or deactivate a fast-charge timer that provides a backup safety for charge
termination. In case of the BQ24081 it is a fixed 7-hour timer. Add support
for enabling/disabling the fast-charge timer via GPIO.
Signed-off-by: Dimitri Fedrau <dimitri.fedrau@liebherr.com>
---
.../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power-gpio-charger | 10 ++++++
drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power-gpio-charger b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power-gpio-charger
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95fb31ac4af3d5354bdc642c98baa7df267d150d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power-gpio-charger
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+What: /sys/class/power_supply/<supply_name>/fast_charge_timer
+Date: October 2025
+KernelVersion: 6.19.0
+Contact: Dimitri Fedrau <dimitri.fedrau@liebherr.com>
+Description:
+ This entry enables or disables the timer in fast-charge mode.
+
+ Access: Write
+
+ Valid values: 0 (disabled) or 1 (enabled)
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c
index 2504190eba82e69b79382320e67de6b8f3dedc77..52997205879406fae600171b070a0328657fa79b 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct gpio_charger {
struct power_supply_desc charger_desc;
struct gpio_desc *gpiod;
struct gpio_desc *charge_status;
+ struct gpio_desc *timer;
struct gpio_descs *current_limit_gpios;
struct gpio_mapping *current_limit_map;
@@ -259,6 +260,36 @@ static int init_charge_current_limit(struct device *dev,
return 0;
}
+static ssize_t fast_charge_timer_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct power_supply *psy = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+ struct gpio_charger *gpio_charger = power_supply_get_drvdata(psy);
+ int ret;
+ bool en;
+
+ if (kstrtobool(buf, &en))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!gpio_charger->timer)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ ret = gpiod_set_value_cansleep(gpio_charger->timer, en);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(fast_charge_timer);
+
+static struct attribute *gpio_charger_attrs[] = {
+ &dev_attr_fast_charge_timer.attr,
+ NULL
+};
+ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(gpio_charger);
+
/*
* The entries will be overwritten by driver's probe routine depending
* on the available features. This list ensures, that the array is big
@@ -308,6 +339,13 @@ static int gpio_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
num_props++;
}
+ gpio_charger->timer = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "fast-charge-timer",
+ GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
+ if (IS_ERR(gpio_charger->timer)) {
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(gpio_charger->timer),
+ "error getting fast-charge timer GPIO descriptor\n");
+ }
+
charge_status = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "charge-status", GPIOD_IN);
if (IS_ERR(charge_status))
return PTR_ERR(charge_status);
@@ -336,6 +374,7 @@ static int gpio_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
psy_cfg.fwnode = dev_fwnode(dev);
psy_cfg.drv_data = gpio_charger;
+ psy_cfg.attr_grp = gpio_charger_groups;
if (pdata) {
charger_desc->name = pdata->name;
--
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