It is possible that users can use non-standard chargers or use invalid batteries especially with mobile devices.
This patch adds a new power supply property called 'AUTHENTIC' to indicate this to the user(user space). Signed-off-by: Ramakrishna Pallala <ramakrishna.pall...@intel.com> --- Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt | 3 +++ drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c | 1 + include/linux/power_supply.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt index 2f0ddc1..29a1fcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt @@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ This defines trickle and fast charges. For batteries that are already charged or discharging, 'n/a' can be displayed (or 'unknown', if the status is not known). +AUTHENTIC - indicates the power supp(battery or charger) connected +to the platform is authentic(1) or non authentic(0). + HEALTH - represents health of the battery, values corresponds to POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_*, defined in battery.h. diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c index 1d96614..be34a6d 100644 --- a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c @@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ static struct device_attribute power_supply_attrs[] = { POWER_SUPPLY_ATTR(health), POWER_SUPPLY_ATTR(present), POWER_SUPPLY_ATTR(online), + POWER_SUPPLY_ATTR(authentic), POWER_SUPPLY_ATTR(technology), POWER_SUPPLY_ATTR(cycle_count), POWER_SUPPLY_ATTR(voltage_max), diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h index 3cfee0c..729768c 100644 --- a/include/linux/power_supply.h +++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ enum power_supply_property { POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_HEALTH, POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_PRESENT, POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_ONLINE, + POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_AUTHENTIC, POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_TECHNOLOGY, POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CYCLE_COUNT, POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_VOLTAGE_MAX, -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/