Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mp-evk: add dual-role usb port1 support

[Marco Felsch]

On 23-05-03, Marco Felsch wrote:
> Hi Li, Andreas,

...

> > Thanks for the advice.
> > 
> > *reuse* compatible = "gpio-sbu-mux"; can make the basic *function* work,
> > but that's not the right direction, SBU has its own signal in typec connector,
> > here what we need is the Super Speed signal switch, you can see iMX8MP EVK
> > use 2 GPIOs control the SS for 3 states(normal orientation, reserve orientation,
> > places all channels in high impedance state), but SBU will disable both channels
> > at TYPEC_STATE_USB, this is not correct for USB data, so logically we cannot
> > reuse SBU either. But I think this gpio-sbu-mux.c driver can be extended to
> > add support super speed signal orientation.
> 
> Thanks for the useful input :) I was dug into the usb-c hole and now I'm
> back. The "gpio-sbu-mux" should fit perfectly for our use-case, we only
> have to tell the driver to act as 'orientation-switch' only. All pieces
> are in place so just dts work to do. I will test my new patch and send a
> new version which should support super-speed to (fingers crossed).

Now I see problem you mentioned, let's see if we can extent the driver.
Sorry for the noise.

Regards,
  Marco