[PATCH 07/11] imx: ventana: put LTC3676 regulators in continuous mode
Tim Harvey
tharvey at gateworks.com
Fri Jun 11 21:46:24 CEST 2021
In the default pulse-skipping mode regulators that are very lightly
loaded can fail to regulate properly. Switching them to always use
continuous mode causes only around 10mW of overall system power
difference in a lightly loaded system that isn't already operating
them in continuous mode.
Signed-off-by: Tim Harvey <tharvey at gateworks.com>
---
board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c b/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c
index b5a0162c5e..adbc6791b3 100644
--- a/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c
+++ b/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c
@@ -1688,6 +1688,12 @@ void setup_pmic(void)
/* set SW3 (VDD_ARM) */
pmic_reg_write(p, LTC3676_DVB3A, 0x1f);
}
+
+ /* put all switchers in continuous mode */
+ pmic_reg_write(p, LTC3676_BUCK1, 0xc0);
+ pmic_reg_write(p, LTC3676_BUCK2, 0xc0);
+ pmic_reg_write(p, LTC3676_BUCK3, 0xc0);
+ pmic_reg_write(p, LTC3676_BUCK4, 0xc0);
}
}
--
2.17.1
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