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 | 14 ++++++
drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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..4a14d1d1bee3b96b6c77865e693c892d9bc3e5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power-gpio-charger
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+What: /sys/class/power_supply/<supply_name>/fast_charge_timer
+Date: March 2026
+KernelVersion: 7.1.0
+Contact: Dimitri Fedrau <dimitri.fedrau@liebherr.com>
+Description:
+ This entry enables or disables the timer in fast-charge mode.
+ When enabled the timer is started with a fixed timeout. After
+ timing out, charging is disabled. This provides a backup safety
+ for charge termination. Disabling the timer doesn't have any
+ impact on charge termination.
+
+ 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..8b67118be38ffd974a67f8bee3b47973903196c5 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;
@@ -39,6 +40,18 @@ struct gpio_charger {
u32 charge_current_limit;
};
+struct gpio_charger_data {
+ bool has_fast_charge_timer;
+};
+
+static const struct gpio_charger_data gpio_charger_data = {
+ .has_fast_charge_timer = false,
+};
+
+static const struct gpio_charger_data bq24081_data = {
+ .has_fast_charge_timer = true,
+};
+
static irqreturn_t gpio_charger_irq(int irq, void *devid)
{
struct power_supply *charger = devid;
@@ -259,6 +272,36 @@ 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
@@ -274,6 +317,7 @@ static int gpio_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
const struct gpio_charger_platform_data *pdata = dev->platform_data;
+ const struct gpio_charger_data *data = device_get_match_data(dev);
struct power_supply_config psy_cfg = {};
struct gpio_charger *gpio_charger;
struct power_supply_desc *charger_desc;
@@ -308,6 +352,13 @@ 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 +387,8 @@ static int gpio_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
psy_cfg.fwnode = dev_fwnode(dev);
psy_cfg.drv_data = gpio_charger;
+ if (data->has_fast_charge_timer)
+ psy_cfg.attr_grp = gpio_charger_groups;
if (pdata) {
charger_desc->name = pdata->name;
@@ -402,7 +455,8 @@ static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(gpio_charger_pm_ops,
gpio_charger_suspend, gpio_charger_resume);
static const struct of_device_id gpio_charger_match[] = {
- { .compatible = "gpio-charger" },
+ { .compatible = "gpio-charger", .data = &gpio_charger_data, },
+ { .compatible = "ti,bq24081", .data = &bq24081_data, },
{ }
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, gpio_charger_match);
--
2.39.5
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