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| author | Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org> | 2017-04-07 12:51:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> | 2017-04-10 17:30:40 +0100 |
| commit | 9dee7a72d0c7cdfa2573c48b1e5f928c721d54d5 (patch) | |
| tree | ef2cd230ca98ee074faf3698ddac6c7380d4b22e /Documentation/devicetree/bindings | |
| parent | d00b74613fb18dfd0a5aa99270ee2e72d5c808d7 (diff) | |
regulator: Add driver for voltage controlled regulators
The output voltage of a voltage controlled regulator can be controlled
through the voltage of another regulator. The current version of this
driver assumes that the output voltage is a linear function of the control
voltage.
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/devicetree/bindings')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/vctrl.txt | 49 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/vctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/vctrl.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..601328d7fdbb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/vctrl.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Bindings for Voltage controlled regulators +========================================== + +Required properties: +-------------------- +- compatible : must be "vctrl-regulator". +- regulator-min-microvolt : smallest voltage consumers may set +- regulator-max-microvolt : largest voltage consumers may set +- ctrl-supply : The regulator supplying the control voltage. +- ctrl-voltage-range : an array of two integer values describing the range + (min/max) of the control voltage. The values specify + the control voltage needed to generate the corresponding + regulator-min/max-microvolt output voltage. + +Optional properties: +-------------------- +- ovp-threshold-percent : overvoltage protection (OVP) threshold of the + regulator in percent. Some regulators have an OVP + circuitry which shuts down the regulator when the + actual output voltage deviates beyond a certain + margin from the expected value for a given control + voltage. On larger voltage decreases this can occur + undesiredly since the output voltage does not adjust + inmediately to changes in the control voltage. To + avoid this situation the vctrl driver breaks down + larger voltage decreases into multiple steps, where + each step is within the OVP threshold. +- min-slew-down-rate : Describes how slowly the regulator voltage will decay + down in the worst case (lightest expected load). + Specified in uV / us (like main regulator ramp rate). + This value is required when ovp-threshold-percent is + specified. + +Example: + + vctrl-reg { + compatible = "vctrl-regulator"; + regulator-name = "vctrl_reg"; + + ctrl-supply = <&ctrl_reg>; + + regulator-min-microvolt = <800000>; + regulator-max-microvolt = <1500000>; + + ctrl-voltage-range = <200000 500000>; + + min-slew-down-rate = <225>; + ovp-threshold-percent = <16>; + }; |