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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator index 3731f6f29bc..873ef1fc156 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called - state. This holds the regulator output state. + Some regulator directories will contain a field called + state. This reports the regulator enable status, for + regulators which can report that value. This will be one of the following strings: @@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ Description: 'disabled' means the regulator output is OFF and is not supplying power to the system.. - 'unknown' means software cannot determine the state. + 'unknown' means software cannot determine the state, or + the reported state is invalid. NOTE: this field can be used in conjunction with microvolts and microamps to determine regulator output levels. @@ -53,9 +55,10 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called microvolts. This holds the regulator output voltage setting - measured in microvolts (i.e. E-6 Volts). + measured in microvolts (i.e. E-6 Volts), for regulators + which can report that voltage. NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator output voltage level as this value is the same regardless of @@ -67,9 +70,10 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called microamps. This holds the regulator output current limit - setting measured in microamps (i.e. E-6 Amps). + setting measured in microamps (i.e. E-6 Amps), for regulators + which can report that current. NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator output current level as this value is the same regardless of @@ -81,8 +85,9 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called - opmode. This holds the regulator operating mode setting. + Some regulator directories will contain a field called + opmode. This holds the current regulator operating mode, + for regulators which can report it. The opmode value can be one of the following strings: @@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ Description: 'standby' 'unknown' - The modes are described in include/linux/regulator/regulator.h + The modes are described in include/linux/regulator/consumer.h NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator output operating mode as this value is the same regardless of @@ -104,9 +109,10 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called min_microvolts. This holds the minimum safe working regulator - output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts. + output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts, + for regulators which support voltage constraints. NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if the power domain has no min microvolts constraint defined by @@ -118,9 +124,10 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called max_microvolts. This holds the maximum safe working regulator - output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts. + output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts, + for regulators which support voltage constraints. NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if the power domain has no max microvolts constraint defined by @@ -132,10 +139,10 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called min_microamps. This holds the minimum safe working regulator output current limit setting for this domain measured in - microamps. + microamps, for regulators which support current constraints. NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if the power domain has no min microamps constraint defined by @@ -147,10 +154,10 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called max_microamps. This holds the maximum safe working regulator output current limit setting for this domain measured in - microamps. + microamps, for regulators which support current constraints. NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if the power domain has no max microamps constraint defined by @@ -185,7 +192,7 @@ Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called requested_microamps. This holds the total requested load current in microamps for this regulator from all its consumer devices. @@ -204,125 +211,102 @@ Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_mem_microvolts. This holds the regulator output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts when - the system is suspended to memory. - - NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if - the power domain has no suspend to memory voltage defined by - platform code. + the system is suspended to memory, for voltage regulators + implementing suspend voltage configuration constraints. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_disk_microvolts Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_disk_microvolts. This holds the regulator output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts when - the system is suspended to disk. - - NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if - the power domain has no suspend to disk voltage defined by - platform code. + the system is suspended to disk, for voltage regulators + implementing suspend voltage configuration constraints. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_standby_microvolts Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_standby_microvolts. This holds the regulator output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts when - the system is suspended to standby. - - NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if - the power domain has no suspend to standby voltage defined by - platform code. + the system is suspended to standby, for voltage regulators + implementing suspend voltage configuration constraints. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_mem_mode Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_mem_mode. This holds the regulator operating mode setting for this domain when the system is suspended to - memory. - - NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if - the power domain has no suspend to memory mode defined by - platform code. + memory, for regulators implementing suspend mode + configuration constraints. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_disk_mode Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_disk_mode. This holds the regulator operating mode - setting for this domain when the system is suspended to disk. - - NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if - the power domain has no suspend to disk mode defined by - platform code. + setting for this domain when the system is suspended to disk, + for regulators implementing suspend mode configuration + constraints. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_standby_mode Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_standby_mode. This holds the regulator operating mode setting for this domain when the system is suspended to - standby. - - NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if - the power domain has no suspend to standby mode defined by - platform code. + standby, for regulators implementing suspend mode + configuration constraints. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_mem_state Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_mem_state. This holds the regulator operating state - when suspended to memory. - - This will be one of the following strings: + when suspended to memory, for regulators implementing suspend + configuration constraints. - 'enabled' - 'disabled' - 'not defined' + This will be one of the same strings reported by + the "state" attribute. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_disk_state Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_disk_state. This holds the regulator operating state - when suspended to disk. - - This will be one of the following strings: + when suspended to disk, for regulators implementing + suspend configuration constraints. - 'enabled' - 'disabled' - 'not defined' + This will be one of the same strings reported by + the "state" attribute. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_standby_state Date: May 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: - Each regulator directory will contain a field called + Some regulator directories will contain a field called suspend_standby_state. This holds the regulator operating - state when suspended to standby. - - This will be one of the following strings: + state when suspended to standby, for regulators implementing + suspend configuration constraints. - 'enabled' - 'disabled' - 'not defined' + This will be one of the same strings reported by + the "state" attribute. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 0a08126d309..dc3154e4927 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml mcabook.xml \ kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \ genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \ - mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml + mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml ### # The build process is as follows (targets): diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..53f4f8d3b81 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl @@ -0,0 +1,304 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> + +<book id="regulator-api"> + <bookinfo> + <title>Voltage and current regulator API</title> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <firstname>Liam</firstname> + <surname>Girdwood</surname> + <affiliation> + <address> + <email>lrg@slimlogic.co.uk</email> + </address> + </affiliation> + </author> + <author> + <firstname>Mark</firstname> + <surname>Brown</surname> + <affiliation> + <orgname>Wolfson Microelectronics</orgname> + <address> + <email>broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com</email> + </address> + </affiliation> + </author> + </authorgroup> + + <copyright> + <year>2007-2008</year> + <holder>Wolfson Microelectronics</holder> + </copyright> + <copyright> + <year>2008</year> + <holder>Liam Girdwood</holder> + </copyright> + + <legalnotice> + <para> + This documentation is free software; you can redistribute + it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public + License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. + </para> + + <para> + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be + useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied + warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + See the GNU General Public License for more details. + </para> + + <para> + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public + License along with this program; if not, write to the Free + Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, + MA 02111-1307 USA + </para> + + <para> + For more details see the file COPYING in the source + distribution of Linux. + </para> + </legalnotice> + </bookinfo> + +<toc></toc> + + <chapter id="intro"> + <title>Introduction</title> + <para> + This framework is designed to provide a standard kernel + interface to control voltage and current regulators. + </para> + <para> + The intention is to allow systems to dynamically control + regulator power output in order to save power and prolong + battery life. This applies to both voltage regulators (where + voltage output is controllable) and current sinks (where current + limit is controllable). + </para> + <para> + Note that additional (and currently more complete) documentation + is available in the Linux kernel source under + <filename>Documentation/power/regulator</filename>. + </para> + + <sect1 id="glossary"> + <title>Glossary</title> + <para> + The regulator API uses a number of terms which may not be + familiar: + </para> + <glossary> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>Regulator</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Electronic device that supplies power to other devices. Most + regulators can enable and disable their output and some can also + control their output voltage or current. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>Consumer</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Electronic device which consumes power provided by a regulator. + These may either be static, requiring only a fixed supply, or + dynamic, requiring active management of the regulator at + runtime. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>Power Domain</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + The electronic circuit supplied by a given regulator, including + the regulator and all consumer devices. The configuration of + the regulator is shared between all the components in the + circuit. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>Power Management Integrated Circuit</glossterm> + <acronym>PMIC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para> + An IC which contains numerous regulators and often also other + subsystems. In an embedded system the primary PMIC is often + equivalent to a combination of the PSU and southbridge in a + desktop system. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossary> + </sect1> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="consumer"> + <title>Consumer driver interface</title> + <para> + This offers a similar API to the kernel clock framework. + Consumer drivers use <link + linkend='API-regulator-get'>get</link> and <link + linkend='API-regulator-put'>put</link> operations to acquire and + release regulators. Functions are + provided to <link linkend='API-regulator-enable'>enable</link> + and <link linkend='API-regulator-disable'>disable</link> the + reguator and to get and set the runtime parameters of the + regulator. + </para> + <para> + When requesting regulators consumers use symbolic names for their + supplies, such as "Vcc", which are mapped into actual regulator + devices by the machine interface. + </para> + <para> + A stub version of this API is provided when the regulator + framework is not in use in order to minimise the need to use + ifdefs. + </para> + + <sect1 id="consumer-enable"> + <title>Enabling and disabling</title> + <para> + The regulator API provides reference counted enabling and + disabling of regulators. Consumer devices use the <function><link + linkend='API-regulator-enable'>regulator_enable</link></function> + and <function><link + linkend='API-regulator-disable'>regulator_disable</link> + </function> functions to enable and disable regulators. Calls + to the two functions must be balanced. + </para> + <para> + Note that since multiple consumers may be using a regulator and + machine constraints may not allow the regulator to be disabled + there is no guarantee that calling + <function>regulator_disable</function> will actually cause the + supply provided by the regulator to be disabled. Consumer + drivers should assume that the regulator may be enabled at all + times. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="consumer-config"> + <title>Configuration</title> + <para> + Some consumer devices may need to be able to dynamically + configure their supplies. For example, MMC drivers may need to + select the correct operating voltage for their cards. This may + be done while the regulator is enabled or disabled. + </para> + <para> + The <function><link + linkend='API-regulator-set-voltage'>regulator_set_voltage</link> + </function> and <function><link + linkend='API-regulator-set-current-limit' + >regulator_set_current_limit</link> + </function> functions provide the primary interface for this. + Both take ranges of voltages and currents, supporting drivers + that do not require a specific value (eg, CPU frequency scaling + normally permits the CPU to use a wider range of supply + voltages at lower frequencies but does not require that the + supply voltage be lowered). Where an exact value is required + both minimum and maximum values should be identical. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="consumer-callback"> + <title>Callbacks</title> + <para> + Callbacks may also be <link + linkend='API-regulator-register-notifier'>registered</link> + for events such as regulation failures. + </para> + </sect1> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="driver"> + <title>Regulator driver interface</title> + <para> + Drivers for regulator chips <link + linkend='API-regulator-register'>register</link> the regulators + with the regulator core, providing operations structures to the + core. A <link + linkend='API-regulator-notifier-call-chain'>notifier</link> interface + allows error conditions to be reported to the core. + </para> + <para> + Registration should be triggered by explicit setup done by the + platform, supplying a <link + linkend='API-struct-regulator-init-data'>struct + regulator_init_data</link> for the regulator containing + <link linkend='machine-constraint'>constraint</link> and + <link linkend='machine-supply'>supply</link> information. + </para> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="machine"> + <title>Machine interface</title> + <para> + This interface provides a way to define how regulators are + connected to consumers on a given system and what the valid + operating parameters are for the system. + </para> + + <sect1 id="machine-supply"> + <title>Supplies</title> + <para> + Regulator supplies are specified using <link + linkend='API-struct-regulator-consumer-supply'>struct + regulator_consumer_supply</link>. This is done at + <link linkend='driver'>driver registration + time</link> as part of the machine constraints. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="machine-constraint"> + <title>Constraints</title> + <para> + As well as definining the connections the machine interface + also provides constraints definining the operations that + clients are allowed to perform and the parameters that may be + set. This is required since generally regulator devices will + offer more flexibility than it is safe to use on a given + system, for example supporting higher supply voltages than the + consumers are rated for. + </para> + <para> + This is done at <link linkend='driver'>driver + registration time</link> by providing a <link + linkend='API-struct-regulation-constraints'>struct + regulation_constraints</link>. + </para> + <para> + The constraints may also specify an initial configuration for the + regulator in the constraints, which is particularly useful for + use with static consumers. + </para> + </sect1> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="api"> + <title>API reference</title> + <para> + Due to limitations of the kernel documentation framework and the + existing layout of the source code the entire regulator API is + documented here. + </para> +!Iinclude/linux/regulator/consumer.h +!Iinclude/linux/regulator/machine.h +!Iinclude/linux/regulator/driver.h +!Edrivers/regulator/core.c + </chapter> +</book> |