Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: power: supply: Add Richtek RT9471 battery charger
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Tue Aug 16 2022 - 05:11:14 EST
On 13/08/2022 17:52, ChiYuan Huang wrote:
>>> Some gauge HW needs this information to enhance the battery capacity accuracy.
>>
>> Other supply stack pieces do it via supplies (supplied to/from in
>> include/linux/power_supply.h) and reporting power_supply_changed().
>>
>> With such explanation, your device is an interrupt source, but it is not
>> an interrupt controller. If your device is interrupt controller, it
>> means someone routes the interrupt line to your device. Physical line.
>>
> Yap, sure. And so on, just use the SW power supply chain to do this
> kind of event notification.
> To remove it, it doesn't affect the internal interrupt request inside
> the driver.
> Just cannot be used for the outer driver to request the events directly.
>
> If so, I think 'interrupt-controller' and even '#interrupt-cells' need
> to be removed.
> OK?
Yes, both should be removed. Your device is not an interrupt controller...
Best regards,
Krzysztof