Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] usb: misc: onboard_dev: extend platform data to add power on delay field

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 09:12:27PM +0530, Radhey Shyam Pandey wrote:
> Introduce dedicated field 'power_on_delay_us' in onboard platform data
> and update its delay for USB5744 configuration. Hub itself requires some
> delay after reset to get to state where configuration data is going to
> be accepted. Without delay upcoming support for configuration via SMBUS
> is reporting a failure on the first SMBus write.
> 
> i2c 2-002d: error -ENXIO: BYPASS_UDC_SUSPEND bit configuration failed
> 
> Similar delay is likely also required for default configuration but
> because there is enough time (code execution) between reset and usage
> of the hub any issue is not visible but it doesn't mean delay shouldn't
> be reflected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@amd.com>
> Suggested-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>

This constant addition of "platform data" seems to be duplicating what
we did before with device tree, right?  Why can't this information be
there instead?

thanks,

greg k-h