Re: [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: connector: add optional properties for Type-B

[Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com>]

Hi,
On Tue, 2019-03-12 at 13:45 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> On 12-03-19 04:18, Chunfeng Yun wrote:
> > Hi,
> > On Mon, 2019-03-11 at 09:06 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 11-03-19 06:33, Chunfeng Yun wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 13:07 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> On 08-03-19 07:13, Chunfeng Yun wrote:
> >>>>> Add id-gpios, vbus-gpios, vbus-supply and pinctrl properties for
> >>>>> usb-b-connector
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>     .../devicetree/bindings/connector/usb-connector.txt    | 10 ++++++++++
> >>>>>     1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/connector/usb-connector.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/connector/usb-connector.txt
> >>>>> index a9a2f2fc44f2..7a07b0f4f973 100644
> >>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/connector/usb-connector.txt
> >>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/connector/usb-connector.txt
> >>>>> @@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ Optional properties:
> >>>>>     - self-powered: Set this property if the usb device that has its own power
> >>>>>       source.
> >>>>>     
> >>>>> +Optional properties for usb-b-connector:
> >>>>> +- id-gpios: gpio for USB ID pin.
> >>>>
> >>>> What about boards where the ID pin is *not* connected to a GPIO,
> >>>> but e.g. to a special pin on the PMIC which can also detect
> >>>> an ACA adapter ? Currently this case is handled by extcon
> >>>> drivers, but we have no way to set e.g. vbus-supply for the
> >>>> connector. Maybe in this case the usb-connector node should
> >>>> be a child of the PMIC node ?
> >>> Yes, it would be, PMIC is in charger of detecting the status of ID pin
> >>
> >> Ok, then I think this should be documented too.
> >>
> >>>> And in many cases there also is a mux to switch the datalines
> >>>> between the host and device(gadget) controllers, how should
> >>>> that be described in this model?  See the new usb-role-switch
> >>>> code under drivers/usb/roles
> >>>>
> >>>> In some cases the mux is controlled through a gpio, so we
> >>>> may want to add a "mux-gpios" here in which case we also
> >>>> need to define what 0/1 means.
> >>> I'm not sure, the mux seems not belong to this connector,
> >>> and may need another driver to register usb-role-switch,
> >>> similar to:
> >>>
> >>> [v2,2/2] usb: typec: add typec switch via GPIO control
> >>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10834327/
> >>
> >> Right the mux/role-switch will need a driver, but the "owner"
> >> of the usb_connector, e.g. the PMIC or the owner of the
> >> id GPIO pin needs to know which device is the role-switch so
> >> that it can set the role correctly based on the id-pin.
> >>
> >> Your binding already contains Vbus info, allowing the owner
> >> of the usb_connector to enable/disable Vbus based on the id-pin,
> >> but the owner will also be responsible for setting the role-switch.
> > In this patch series, I make usb_connector driver enable/disable Vbus,
> > but not the parent(USB controller) of usb_connector which registers a
> > usb-role-switch, which way do you think it is better?
> 
> IMHO there should not be a driver for the usb_connector child-node,
> only for the parent-device of that child-node.
If so, each USB controller driver should process this special case by
itself when use a gpio to detect the status of ID pin, it's not a
friendly way. And it's easy by using extcon-usb-gpio driver before, so
we also want to provide a simple way when support usb_connector, no
matter what method we choose.

Ideally, the only one thing that USB controller driver need to do, just
register a usb-role-switch, and leave decision when switch the role to
other drivers, such as type-C, PMIC/charger, also include gpio

> 
> There are going to be too many specific setups surrounding PMICs to
> be able to do a single generic driver for the connector.
> 
Fortunately, these patches only focus on the simplest gpio driven role
switch :)

Thanks

> Regards,
> 
> Hans
>