Re: [PATCH v7 3/5] power: max77843_battery: Add Max77843 fuel gauge device driver

From: Beomho Seo
Date: Tue Mar 24 2015 - 04:02:44 EST


On 03/10/2015 10:44 PM, Beomho Seo wrote:
> On 03/09/2015 07:01 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> 2015-03-09 1:36 GMT+01:00 Beomho Seo <beomho.seo@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On 03/08/2015 05:14 AM, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 07:10:36PM +0900, Jaewon Kim wrote:
>>>>> From: Beomho Seo <beomho.seo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch adds device driver of max77843 fuel gauge.
>>>>> The driver support for battery fuel gauge in Maxim Max77843.
>>>>> It is fuel-gauge systems for lithuum-ion batteries in handled and
>>>>> portable devices.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Beomho Seo <beomho.seo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Reviewed-By: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> I can't take it as is, since it depends on the private header file
>>>> of PATCH 1.
>>>>
>>>> -- Sebastian
>>>>
>>>
>>> This patch reviewed by Sebastian.
>>> Could you Please merge that your git tree ?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for late response, but I finally got some time to look at this.
>> This driver looks very similar to max17042_battery.c fuel gauge
>> driver. Obtaining some properties looks exactly the same. The
>> difference seems to be in new properties. The I2C address is the same.
>>
>> I highly recommend to extend the max17042 driver instead. It already
>> supports also max17047, max17050 and max77693.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
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>
> OK. I will follow your opinion about fuel gauge. I will extend the max17042 driver.
> After test on my board, I will send a new patch set.
>
> Best regards,
> Beomho Seo

Krzysztof, gentle ping?

I will extend the max17042 driver.

Best regards,
Beomho Seo

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