Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 May 2017 13:26:31 +0200 | From | Sebastian Reichel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3 v4] drivers:power:twl4030-charger: don't check if battery is present |
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Hi,
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 09:29:38PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > We can't assume that the battery is or stays present after probing > on devices with replaceable battery. > > On some devices (e.g. GTA04 or OpenPanodra) it can be removed > and even be hot swapped by the user while device continues to operate > through external AC or USB power (as long as system power consumption > remains below ca. 500mA as provided by USB). Under certain conditions > it is possible to boot without battery. > > So it makes no sense to check for this situation during probe and make > the charger driver (and its status reports) completely non-operational if > the battery can be inserted later. > > Tested on: GTA04 and OpenPandora. > > Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com>
Thanks, queued.
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