I'll *NOT* be using a TI kernel, period.

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 4:02 PM, John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, I see the problem. The file I was looking at is different to the one
> you linked to. I am using the 4.1.13-ti-r33 kernel, which means that you
> are missing a patch. Build your own kernel and then look at this file again.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 17, 2016, at 3:55 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/mfd/tps65217.c#L164
>
> Nothing there at line 164, then on line 165 starts a function. Which
> contains the code I linked to yesterday. Which is the power push button
> code. Which again, is not helping . . . So let's walk through that
> function. Which happens in this order . ..
>
> variable type definitions declarations.
> conditional check to find device tree definition node.
> test chip_id, return if failure.
> attempt and test to allocate memory for the tps object.
> attempt to map the tps object to the PMIC registers
> mfd device add, and test device add.
> attempt to read the PMIC registers, and test return code.
>
> Here it gets a bit fuzzy however, it seems as though the code is
> attempting to reset the system by setting various register bits in the PMIC
> ?! I know all about the registers of the PMIC, or rather can find otu what
> is what really quick by reading the datasheet which I have right in front
> of me. That is not what I'm having an issue grasping. It seems to me that a
> shutdown in this manner would not be clean. However, it could be that
> setting these register bits as such may not cause an immediate power down.
> *That* is what I find unclear.
>
> /* Set the PMIC to shutdown on PWR_EN toggle */
>     if (status_off) {
>         ret = tps65217_set_bits(tps, TPS65217_REG_STATUS,
>                 TPS65217_STATUS_OFF, TPS65217_STATUS_OFF,
>                 TPS65217_PROTECT_NONE);
>         if (ret)
>             dev_warn(tps->dev, "unable to set the status OFF\n");
>     }
>
> The comment above the code seems to indicate that PWR_EN is causing a
> shutdown based on being toggle. However, PWR_EN is *NOT* a button, or even
> a line connected to a button. From the data sheet . . .
>
> *PWR_EN*
>
>> *Enable input for DCDC1, 2, 3 converters and LDO1, 2, 3, 4. Pull this pin
>> high to start the*
>> *power-up sequence.*
>
>
>  In the schematic, PWR_EN is not connected to any button. Period. The
> button is connected to PB_IN.
>
> Anyway, the rest of the code is inconsequential.
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 3:23 PM, John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Never mind, I found it.
>>
>> drivers/mfd/tps65217.c line 164
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 17, 2016, at 2:37 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So no one has any idea ? I'm looking for the module, that traps power
>> events, and shuts down the BBB. All I need is a file name. It's pretty hard
>> making sense of the mess that is /drivers/mfd, and the documentation does
>> not seem to be helpful either.
>>
>> Documentation/power/regulator/charger-management.txt does not exist in my
>> repo, nor in Linus' repo either. There is a similar file, but nothing
>> apparently related to our hardware. Passed that, most of the stuff int the
>> Documentation/power directory seems to be related to ACPI, which again, has
>> nothing to do with even our architecture . . .
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 9:09 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So I've only found this so far.
>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/mfd/tps65217.c#L222-#L229
>>>
>>> Which I pretty much had already figured out this morning right after I
>>> posted. Pretty much, the PMIC sees a condition, that needs attention. It
>>> writes some values to registers that relate to the given condition, and
>>> then sends an NMI out to the am335x processor. Where the am335x processor
>>> immediately picks up that the PMIC needs attention( the whole point of an
>>> NMI ), reads the register values out of the PMIC to determine what action
>>> needs to be taken. Which in the case of the power button being pressed. the
>>> am335x issues a shutdown now -h ( Linux ) Which looking at the code,
>>> actually seems like the LKM is actually writing to the PMIC registers to do
>>> this ?!
>>>
>>> Anyway, no idea how a power good condition is being acted on *still*.
>>> Meaning, no idea how when a battery is connected, when the external power
>>> somehow goes missing. How that particular shutdown is happening, and from
>>> where.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 4:32 PM, John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I’m not sure, but best place to look would be
>>>> Documentation/power/regulator/charger-management.txt. I believe the PMIC
>>>> issues event when AC is removed.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 16, 2016, at 12:59 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Also from what I've read this behavior is different between console and
>>>> LXDE images. So if this is true I understand that. I do not want the
>>>> behaviors that each of these images provides, but wish to customize my own.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:55 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When a battery is connected to a beaglebone black, how does the
>>>>> software know to issue a shutdown when power is no longer coming in ? More
>>>>> specifically I'm interested in which file / script performs this action,
>>>>> and what mechanism triggers this behavior.
>>>>>
>>>>> My intentions are to modify / customize what actually happens when
>>>>> power to the board is battery only.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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