Re: [PATCH 00/11] Add NVIDIA LSTP USB adapter drivers

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 08:35:58PM +0300, Adrian Ambrozewicz wrote:
> This series adds drivers for the NVIDIA LSTP USB adapter: a USB core
> driver and GPIO, LED, I2C, SPI, UART and BMC-side IPMI function drivers,
> with their device tree bindings, an ACPI description document and the
> sysfs ABI.
> 
> What LSTP is
> ------------
> 
> LSTP (Low-Speed Transport Protocol or Low-Speed Tunnelling Protocol) is
> a vendor-specific USB interface (class 0xff, subclass 0x3f) that
> multiplexes several low-speed "channels" over one pair of bulk
> endpoints. It is implemented by NVIDIA's SMA, an MCU (0955:cf11), and
> by other vendors' parts: two hub/bridge chips have it built in
> (0424:4940, 174c:2214). Boards use it to
> reach SPI flash, I2C sensors, GPIOs and LEDs, a UART and a host-to-BMC
> IPMI path, on both BMCs and host systems.

Also, if you really want to do this in a dynamic way, use greybus, as
that is EXPLICITLY what it was designed for, and is patent-free (i.e.
unencumbered, and we already support it in the kernel.)  Please don't
reinvent the wheel/spec just because no one did any prior-art
research...

thanks,

greg k-h