Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: usb: fsa4480: Add data-lanes property to endpoint

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 01:38:05PM +0200, Luca Weiss wrote:
> Allow specifying data-lanes to reverse the SBU muxing orientation where
> necessary by the hardware design.

What situation in the hardware design makes this necessary. Please 
describe the problem.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca.weiss@fairphone.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fsa4480.yaml       | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fsa4480.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fsa4480.yaml
> index f6e7a5c1ff0b..86f6d633c2fb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fsa4480.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fcs,fsa4480.yaml
> @@ -32,10 +32,37 @@ properties:
>      type: boolean
>  
>    port:
> -    $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> +    $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/$defs/port-base
>      description:
>        A port node to link the FSA4480 to a TypeC controller for the purpose of
>        handling altmode muxing and orientation switching.
> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +    properties:
> +      endpoint:
> +        $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/$defs/endpoint-base
> +        unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +        properties:
> +          data-lanes:
> +            $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
> +            description:
> +              Specifies how the AUX+/- lines are connected to SBU1/2.

Doesn't this depend on the connector orientation? Or it is both that and 
the lines can be swapped on the PCB?

Seems like an abuse of data-lanes which already has a definition which 
is not about swapping + and - differential lanes.

Rob