Re: [PATCH 1/1] power: supply: max17042_battery: use VFSOC for capacity when no rsns

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On 19/09/2021 22:07, Henrik Grimler wrote:
> On Galaxy S3 (i9300/i9305), which has the max17047 fuel gauge and no
> current sense resistor (rsns), the RepSOC register does not provide an
> accurate state of charge value. The reported value is wrong, and does
> not change over time. VFSOC however, which uses the voltage fuel gauge
> to determine the state of charge, always shows an accurate value.
> 
> At least one max170xx driver, found in Asus' Z00D kernel [1], chooses
> how to get the capacity based on if current sense is available or not.
> Lets change the mainline driver to match the Asus Z00D driver's
> behaviour and thereby fix so that correct state of charge values are
> obtained on Galaxy S3.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/LineageOS/android_kernel_asus_Z00D/blob/c7ab0e3ec5b5/drivers/power/max17042_battery.c#L1103-L1105
> 
> Suggested-by: Wolfgang Wiedmeyer <wolfgit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Henrik Grimler <henrik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

After explanation and double-checking of driver this makes sense. The
driver already uses VFSoc for alerts (MiscCFG register) if
!enable_current_sense.

Fixes: 359ab9f5b154 ("power_supply: Add MAX17042 Fuel Gauge Driver")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

These could be added when applying but maybe Sebastian wants a v2 with it?

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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