Re: [PATCH 0/3] dt-bindings: connector: usb: provide bindings for altmodes

[Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>]

On 11/13/23 23:13, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 18:07, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dmitry,
>>
>> On 11/13/23 15:33, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> In some cases we need a way to specify USB-C AltModes that can be
>>> supportd on the particular USB-C connector. For example, x86 INT33FE
>>> driver does this by populating fwnode properties internally. For the
>>> Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform (and several similar devices which use
>>> Qualcomm PMIC TCPM) we have to put this information to the DT.
>>>
>>> Provide the DT bindings for this kind of information and while we are at
>>> it, change svid property to be 16-bit unsigned integer instead of a
>>> simple u32.
>>
>> Thank you for your patches. I'm fine with this, one remark though:
>>
>> Since at least the existing arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qrb5165-rb5.dts
>> is already using this I'm not sure of changing the svid property to
>> an u16 is really a good idea from devicetree compatibility pov ?
> 
> Usually we try to keep DT compatible, that's true. And I also do not
> fully like the u16 notation. However I'm not sure whether using full
> u32 for explicitly u16 value is correct. I'll wait for the guidance
> from DT binding and USB maintainers.
> 
> I'll mention the qrb5165-rb5 explicitly in the cover letter.
I'd say it's fine since it was incorrect from the start (+ bindings
shouldn't describe linux's flaws)

Konrad