Re: [v3 PATCH] dt-binding: usb: add usb-role-switch property

From: Heikki Krogerus
Date: Fri May 17 2019 - 09:29:33 EST


On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 05:17:44PM +0800, Chunfeng Yun wrote:
> Add a property usb-role-switch to tell the driver that use
> USB Role Switch framework to handle the role switch,
> it's useful when the driver has already supported other ways,
> such as extcon framework etc.
>
> Cc: Biju Das <biju.das@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yu Chen <chenyu56@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Who is meant to pick this? Can you include this in your series where
you introduce that USB Type-B GPIO connector driver?

FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v3:
> add property type, modify description suggested by Heikki
>
> v2:
> describe it in terms of h/w functionality suggested by Rob
>
> v1:
> the property is discussed in:
> [v2,2/7] dt-bindings: usb: renesas_usb3: add usb-role-switch property
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10852497/
>
> Mediatek and Hisilicon also try to use it:
> [v4,3/6] dt-bindings: usb: mtu3: add properties about USB Role Switch
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10918385/
> [v4,6/6] usb: mtu3: register a USB Role Switch for dual role mode
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10918367/
>
> [v6,10/13] usb: dwc3: Registering a role switch in the DRD code
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10909981/
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt
> index 0a74ab8dfdc2..cf5a1ad456e6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt
> @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Optional properties:
> optional for OTG device.
> - adp-disable: tells OTG controllers we want to disable OTG ADP, ADP is
> optional for OTG device.
> + - usb-role-switch: boolean, indicates that the device is capable of assigning
> + the USB data role (USB host or USB device) for a given
> + USB connector, such as Type-C, Type-B(micro).
> + see connector/usb-connector.txt.
>
> This is an attribute to a USB controller such as:
>
> --
> 2.21.0

thanks,

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heikki