Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] staging: typec: fusb302: Hook up mux support using tcpc_gen_mux support

[Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On 13-09-17 17:07, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> On 13-09-17 15:38, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 3:56 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13-09-17 00:20, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 06:42:20PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Add mux support to the fusb302 driver, call devm_tcpc_gen_mux_create()
>>>>>> to let the generic tcpc_mux_dev code create a tcpc_mux_dev for us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also document the mux-names used by the generic tcpc_mux_dev code in
>>>>>> our devicetree bindings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
>>>>>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
>>>>>> Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>     Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fusb302.txt |  3 +++
>>>>>>     drivers/staging/typec/fusb302/fusb302.c               | 11
>>>>>> ++++++++++-
>>>>>>     2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fusb302.txt
>>>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fusb302.txt
>>>>>> index 472facfa5a71..63d639eadacd 100644
>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fusb302.txt
>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fusb302.txt
>>>>>> @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Required properties :
>>>>>>     - interrupts             : Interrupt specifier
>>>>>>       Optional properties :
>>>>>> +- mux-controls           : List of mux-ctrl-specifiers containing 1 or
>>>>>> 2
>>>>>> muxes
>>>>>> +- mux-names              : "type-c-mode-mux" when using 1 mux, or
>>>>>> +                           "type-c-mode-mux", "usb-role-mux" when
>>>>>> using
>>>>>> 2 muxes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure this is the right place for this. The mux is outside the
>>>>> FUSB302. In a type-C connector node or USB phy node would make more
>>>>> sense to me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The mux certainly does not belong in the USB phy node, it sits between
>>>> the
>>>> USB PHY
>>>> and the Type-C connector and can for example also mux the Type-C pins to
>>>> a
>>>> Display
>>>> Port PHY.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thinking about this some more, the mux(es) should be its own node(s).
>>> Then the question is where to put the nodes.
>>
>>
>> Right, the mux will be its own node per
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/mux-controller.txt
>> the bindings bit this patch is adding is only adding phandles pointing
>> to that mux-node as the fusb302 "consumes" the mux functionality.
>>
>> So as such (the fusb302 is the component which should control the mux)
>> I do believe that the bindings this patch adds are correct.
> 
> Humm, that's not how the mux binding works. The mux controller is what
> drives the mux select lines and is the provider. The consumer is the
> mux device itself. What decides the mux state is determined by what
> you are muxing, not which node has mux-controls property.
> 
> By putting mux-controls in fusb302 node, you are saying fusb302 is a
> mux (or contains a mux).
> 
> 
>>>> As for putting it in a type-C connector node, currently we do not have
>>>> such
>>>> a node,
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, you should. Type-C connectors are certainly complicated enough
>>> that we'll need one. Plus we already require connector nodes for
>>> display outputs, so what do we do once you add display muxing?
>>
>>
>> An interesting question, I'm working on this for x86 + ACPI boards actually,
>> not a board using DT I've been adding DT bindings docs for device-properties
>> I use because that seems like the right thing to do where the binding is
>> obvious
>> (which I believe it is in this case as the fusb302 is the mux consumer) and
>> because the device-property code should work the same on x86 + ACPI
>> (where some platform-specific drivers attach the device properties) and
>> on e.g. ARM + DT.
>>
>> The rest should probably be left to be figured out when an actual DT
>> using device using the fusb302 or another Type-C controller shows up.
> 
> Well this is a new one (maybe, I suppose others have sneaked by). If
> ACPI folks want to use DT bindings, then what do I care. But I have no
> interest in reviewing ACPI properties. The whole notion of sharing
> bindings between DT and ACPI beyond anything trivial is flawed IMO.
> The ptifalls have been discussed multiple times before, so I'm not
> going to repeat them here.

Ok, so shall I just drop the Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fusb302.txt
part of this patch then ?

Regards,

Hans