Re: [PATCH] usb:typec:tcpm:support double Rp to Vbus cable as sink

From: Heikki Krogerus
Date: Mon Sep 18 2023 - 06:32:22 EST


On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 08:31:54AM +0800, Michael Wu wrote:
> The USB Type-C Cable and Connector Specification defines the wire
> connections for the USB Type-C to USB 2.0 Standard-A cable assembly
> (Release 2.2, Chapter 3.5.2).
> The Notes says that Pin A5 (CC) of the USB Type-C plug shall be connected
> to Vbus through a resister Rp.
> However, there is a large amount of such double Rp connected to Vbus
> non-standard cables which produced by UGREEN circulating on the market, and
> it can affects the normal operations of the state machine easily,
> especially to CC1 and CC2 be pulled up at the same time.
> In fact, we can regard those cables as sink to avoid abnormal state.
>
> Message as follow:
> [ 58.900212] VBUS on
> [ 59.265433] CC1: 0 -> 3, CC2: 0 -> 3 [state TOGGLING, polarity 0, connected]
> [ 62.623308] CC1: 3 -> 0, CC2: 3 -> 0 [state TOGGLING, polarity 0, disconnected]
> [ 62.625006] VBUS off
> [ 62.625012] VBUS VSAFE0V
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> index d962f67c95ae6..beb7143128667 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> @@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ static const char * const pd_rev[] = {
>
> #define tcpm_port_is_sink(port) \
> ((tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc1) && !tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc2)) || \
> - (tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc2) && !tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc1)))
> + (tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc2) && !tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc1)) || \
> + (tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc1) && tcpm_cc_is_sink((port)->cc2)))
>
> #define tcpm_cc_is_source(cc) ((cc) == TYPEC_CC_RD)
> #define tcpm_cc_is_audio(cc) ((cc) == TYPEC_CC_RA)

This look OK to me, but I would still like to wait for comments from
Guenter - just in case.

thanks,

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heikki