I'd like to gather some feedback on a voltage and current regulator framework I am currently working on for SoC based devices (e.g. phones, mp3 players, GPS, etc). Please note that this is still work in progress. The intention is to allow systems to dynamically control regulator 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 output is controllable). The framework is designed around SoC based devices but may also be relevant to non SoC devices. It's also been designed against two Power Management ICs (PMICs) currently on the market - namely the Freescale MC13783 and the Wolfson WM8350. However it is quite generic and should apply to all PMICs. The framework breaks into three main interfaces :- 1. Client or Consumer driver API. This uses a similar API to the kernel clock interface in that client or consumer drivers can get and put a regulator (like they can with clocks atm) and get/set voltage, current, mode, enable and disable. This should allow clients complete control over their supply voltage and current. This API also compiles out if not in use so drivers can be reused in systems with no PMIC power control. 2. Regulator driver API. This allows regulator drivers to register their regulators and provide operations to the core. It also has a notifier call chain for propagating regulator events to clients. 3. Platform API. This API is for platform/device specific code and allows the creation of voltage/current domains (with constraints) for each regulator. It can provide regulator constraints that will prevent device damage through over voltage or over current caused by buggy client drivers. It also allows the creation of a regulator tree whereby some regulators are supplied by others (similar to a clock tree). The framework also exports a lot of useful voltage/current data to userspace via sysfs. This could be used to monitor device and regulator power and status. Fwiw, there is code in our public git tree that currently shows this API in use:- http://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-audioplus.git;a=shortlog;h=imx31 All the relevant files are under include/linux/regulator and drivers/regulator. There are client drivers here :- http://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-audioplus.git;a=blob;f=arch/arm/mach-mx3/cpufreq.c;h=77f03d85fef6b29b0ca2e820d38d9ebb068e7bf7;hb=imx31 http://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-audioplus.git;a=blob;f=drivers/leds/leds-wm8350.c;h=a81bbf9154b4de13c029aee0613294562a03f506;hb=imx31 http://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-audioplus.git;a=blob;f=drivers/video/backlight/wm8350_bl.c;h=3eafb83683b7f242ec78ff620431307c25e23202;hb=imx31 http://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-audioplus.git;a=blob;f=sound/soc/imx/imx32ads-wm8350.c;h=aae347ac556203fbdb64d71f4dc0be7df250767a;hb=imx31 Patch follows. Liam _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
