Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] Add support for PMBus in QEMU

[Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>]

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 03:50:57PM -0400, Titus Rwantare wrote:
> I would also like a directory for sensors. There are quite a few of
> those incoming. Any objections?

None from me.  I'll add a patch to move all the sensors from misc into
it, if you like.

-corey

> 
> -Titus
> 
> On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 15:45, Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:45:22AM -0700, Titus Rwantare wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > This patch series adds an interface to start supporting PMBus devices in QEMU.
> > > I’ve included two PMBus devices: MAX34451 and ADM1272.
> >
> > I've reviewed all these patches, and beyond my one comment, they look
> > good.
> >
> > I'm not too excited about putting the device files in misc.  I know some
> > SMBus sensors are in there, but they really aren't miscellaneous.  They
> > are really sensors.  But unless we want to create a sensors directory
> > and move things into that, misc will have to do, I guess.
> >
> > -corey
> >
> > >
> > > PMBus is a variant of SMBus meant for digital management of power supplies.
> > > PMBus adds to the SMBus standard by defining a number of constants and commands
> > > used by compliant devices. The specification for PMBus can be found at:
> > >
> > > https://pmbus.org/specification-archives/
> > >
> > > Currently, the goal for these devices is to emulate basic functionality by
> > > reading and writing registers. Timing, and some logical operation is not
> > > implemented. This implementation supports nearly all available registers for
> > > PMBus including:
> > >    - Voltage inputs and outputs
> > >    - Current inputs and outputs
> > >    - Temperature sensors
> > >
> > > Unimplimented registers get passed through to the device model, and device
> > > models can opt out of using the standard registers with flags. The included
> > > devices make use of these fields and illustrate how to interface with the pmbus
> > > class.
> > >
> > > Datasheets for sensors:
> > >
> > > https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX34451.pdf
> > > https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ADM1272.pdf
> > >
> > > Since v2:
> > > - bump for feedback
> > > - removed commented out code
> > >
> > > Since v1:
> > > - addressed Joel's comments
> > > - split out tests into their own patches
> > >
> > > Thanks for reviewing,
> > >
> > > Titus Rwantare
> > >
> > > Titus Rwantare (5):
> > >   hw/i2c: add support for PMBus
> > >   hw/misc: add ADM1272 device
> > >   tests/qtest: add tests for ADM1272 device model
> > >   hw/misc: add MAX34451 device
> > >   tests/qtest: add tests for MAX34451 device model
> > >
> > >  include/hw/i2c/pmbus_device.h |  506 +++++++++++
> > >  hw/i2c/pmbus_device.c         | 1596 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  hw/misc/adm1272.c             |  543 +++++++++++
> > >  hw/misc/max34451.c            |  716 +++++++++++++++
> > >  tests/qtest/adm1272-test.c    |  445 +++++++++
> > >  tests/qtest/max34451-test.c   |  336 +++++++
> > >  hw/arm/Kconfig                |    3 +
> > >  hw/i2c/Kconfig                |    4 +
> > >  hw/i2c/meson.build            |    1 +
> > >  hw/misc/Kconfig               |    8 +
> > >  hw/misc/meson.build           |    2 +
> > >  tests/qtest/meson.build       |    2 +
> > >  12 files changed, 4162 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 include/hw/i2c/pmbus_device.h
> > >  create mode 100644 hw/i2c/pmbus_device.c
> > >  create mode 100644 hw/misc/adm1272.c
> > >  create mode 100644 hw/misc/max34451.c
> > >  create mode 100644 tests/qtest/adm1272-test.c
> > >  create mode 100644 tests/qtest/max34451-test.c
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.31.1.751.gd2f1c929bd-goog
> > >