diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl deleted file mode 100644 index 3b08a085d2c7..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,304 +0,0 @@ - - - - - - Voltage and current regulator API - - - - Liam - Girdwood - -
- lrg@slimlogic.co.uk -
- - - - Mark - Brown - - Wolfson Microelectronics -
- broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com -
- - - - - - 2007-2008 - Wolfson Microelectronics - - - 2008 - Liam Girdwood - - - - - 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. - - - - 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. - - - - 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 - - - - For more details see the file COPYING in the source - distribution of Linux. - - - - - - - - Introduction - - This framework is designed to provide a standard kernel - interface to control voltage and current regulators. - - - 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). - - - Note that additional (and currently more complete) documentation - is available in the Linux kernel source under - Documentation/power/regulator. - - - - Glossary - - The regulator API uses a number of terms which may not be - familiar: - - - - - Regulator - - - 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. - - - - - - Consumer - - - 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. - - - - - - Power Domain - - - 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. - - - - - - Power Management Integrated Circuit - PMIC - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - Consumer driver interface - - This offers a similar API to the kernel clock framework. - Consumer drivers use get and put operations to acquire and - release regulators. Functions are - provided to enable - and disable the - regulator and to get and set the runtime parameters of the - regulator. - - - When requesting regulators consumers use symbolic names for their - supplies, such as "Vcc", which are mapped into actual regulator - devices by the machine interface. - - - 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. - - - - Enabling and disabling - - The regulator API provides reference counted enabling and - disabling of regulators. Consumer devices use the regulator_enable - and regulator_disable - functions to enable and disable regulators. Calls - to the two functions must be balanced. - - - 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 - regulator_disable 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. - - - - - Configuration - - 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. - - - The regulator_set_voltage - and regulator_set_current_limit - 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. - - - - - Callbacks - - Callbacks may also be registered - for events such as regulation failures. - - - - - - Regulator driver interface - - Drivers for regulator chips register the regulators - with the regulator core, providing operations structures to the - core. A notifier interface - allows error conditions to be reported to the core. - - - Registration should be triggered by explicit setup done by the - platform, supplying a struct - regulator_init_data for the regulator containing - constraint and - supply information. - - - - - Machine interface - - 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. - - - - Supplies - - Regulator supplies are specified using struct - regulator_consumer_supply. This is done at - driver registration - time as part of the machine constraints. - - - - - Constraints - - As well as defining the connections the machine interface - also provides constraints defining 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. - - - This is done at driver - registration time by providing a struct - regulation_constraints. - - - The constraints may also specify an initial configuration for the - regulator in the constraints, which is particularly useful for - use with static consumers. - - - - - - API reference - - Due to limitations of the kernel documentation framework and the - existing layout of the source code the entire regulator API is - documented here. - -!Iinclude/linux/regulator/consumer.h -!Iinclude/linux/regulator/machine.h -!Iinclude/linux/regulator/driver.h -!Edrivers/regulator/core.c - - diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst index 365ce64abd7c..9cdf81b59ec5 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ available subsections can be seen below. message-based sound frame-buffer + regulator iio/index input usb diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/regulator.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/regulator.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..520da0a5251d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/regulator.rst @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +.. Copyright 2007-2008 Wolfson Microelectronics + +.. 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. + +================================= +Voltage and current regulator API +================================= + +:Author: Liam Girdwood +:Author: Mark Brown + +Introduction +============ + +This framework is designed to provide a standard kernel interface to +control voltage and current regulators. + +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). + +Note that additional (and currently more complete) documentation is +available in the Linux kernel source under +``Documentation/power/regulator``. + +Glossary +-------- + +The regulator API uses a number of terms which may not be familiar: + +Regulator + + 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. + +Consumer + + 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. + +Power Domain + + 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. + +Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) + + 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. + +Consumer driver interface +========================= + +This offers a similar API to the kernel clock framework. Consumer +drivers use `get <#API-regulator-get>`__ and +`put <#API-regulator-put>`__ operations to acquire and release +regulators. Functions are provided to `enable <#API-regulator-enable>`__ +and `disable <#API-regulator-disable>`__ the regulator and to get and +set the runtime parameters of the regulator. + +When requesting regulators consumers use symbolic names for their +supplies, such as "Vcc", which are mapped into actual regulator devices +by the machine interface. + +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. + +Enabling and disabling +---------------------- + +The regulator API provides reference counted enabling and disabling of +regulators. Consumer devices use the :c:func:`regulator_enable()` and +:c:func:`regulator_disable()` functions to enable and disable +regulators. Calls to the two functions must be balanced. + +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 :c:func:`regulator_disable()` 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. + +Configuration +------------- + +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. + +The :c:func:`regulator_set_voltage()` and +:c:func:`regulator_set_current_limit()` 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. + +Callbacks +--------- + +Callbacks may also be registered for events such as regulation failures. + +Regulator driver interface +========================== + +Drivers for regulator chips register the regulators with the regulator +core, providing operations structures to the core. A notifier interface +allows error conditions to be reported to the core. + +Registration should be triggered by explicit setup done by the platform, +supplying a struct :c:type:`regulator_init_data` for the regulator +containing constraint and supply information. + +Machine interface +================= + +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. + +Supplies +-------- + +Regulator supplies are specified using struct +:c:type:`regulator_consumer_supply`. This is done at driver registration +time as part of the machine constraints. + +Constraints +----------- + +As well as defining the connections the machine interface also provides +constraints defining 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. + +This is done at driver registration time` by providing a +struct :c:type:`regulation_constraints`. + +The constraints may also specify an initial configuration for the +regulator in the constraints, which is particularly useful for use with +static consumers. + +API reference +============= + +Due to limitations of the kernel documentation framework and the +existing layout of the source code the entire regulator API is +documented here. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/regulator/consumer.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/regulator/machine.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/regulator/driver.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/regulator/core.c + :export: