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From: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
To: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	"open list:THERMAL" <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	od@zcrc.me
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: power/supply: Document generic USB charger
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 07:48:22 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL_JsqJDT71eThy43kaN3RsU03Ew7aZ_abJg0zhaFxyDH9RhhA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1572945391.3.1@crapouillou.net>

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 3:16 AM Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
>
>
> Le lun., nov. 4, 2019 at 07:52, Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> a
> écrit :
> > On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 4:08 PM Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>  Add documentation about the devicetree bindings for the generic USB
> >>  charger.
> >
> > What makes it generic?
>
> It only uses the USB PHY subsystem, which already has some half-baked
> support for chargers but not bound to the power-supply subsystem.
>
>
> >>
> >>  Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
> >>  ---
> >>   .../bindings/power/supply/usb-charger.txt     | 24
> >> +++++++++++++++++++
> >>   1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> >>   create mode 100644
> >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/usb-charger.txt
> >>
> >>  diff --git
> >> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/usb-charger.txt
> >> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/usb-charger.txt
> >>  new file mode 100644
> >>  index 000000000000..fd46734cb0e5
> >>  --- /dev/null
> >>  +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/usb-charger.txt
> >>  @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> >>  +Generic USB charger bindings
> >>  +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>  +
> >>  +Required properties :
> >>  + - compatible : should be "usb-charger"
> >>  + - phys: phandle to the USB PHY
> >>  +
> >>  +Example:
> >>  +
> >>  +usb_con: extcon {
> >>  +       compatible = "linux,extcon-usb-gpio";
> >>  +       vbus-gpios = <&gpb 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> >>  +};
> >>  +
> >>  +usb_phy: usb-phy@0 {
> >>  +       compatible = "usb-nop-xceiv";
> >>  +       #phy-cells = <0>;
> >>  +       extcon = <&usb_con>;
> >
> > extcon is deprecated in favor of usb-connector binding. See
> > .../bindings/connector/usb-connector.txt. There's also some pending
> > patches for adding GPIO based connector controls including Vbus sense
> > (GPIO input) and control (regulator via a GPIO).
> >
> > Rob
>
> I understand that the usb-connector binding is better, but the current
> code doesn't integrate at all with the USB PHY subsystem, which has its
> own code to handle ID and VBUS GPIOs and supports notifiers. Is that
> deprecated then?
>
> What's the big picture here?

Does this series work for you?:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11120707/

  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-05 13:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-03 22:08 [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: power/supply: Document generic USB charger Paul Cercueil
2019-11-03 22:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] power/supply: Add generic USB charger driver Paul Cercueil
2019-11-03 22:52   ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-29 14:03   ` Sebastian Reichel
2019-11-04 13:52 ` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: power/supply: Document generic USB charger Rob Herring
2019-11-05  9:16   ` Paul Cercueil
2019-11-05 13:48     ` Rob Herring [this message]
2019-11-05 23:16       ` Paul Cercueil

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