From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yauhen Kharuzhy Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] platform/x86/intel_cht_int33fe: Split code to USB TypeB and TypeC variants Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:52:51 +0300 Message-ID: <20190918115251.GA28946@jeknote.loshitsa1.net> References: <20190917194507.14771-1-jekhor@gmail.com> <20190917194507.14771-2-jekhor@gmail.com> <20190918113835.GA16243@kuha.fi.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190918113835.GA16243@kuha.fi.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Heikki Krogerus Cc: Darren Hart , platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Hans de Goede , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andy Shevchenko List-Id: platform-driver-x86.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 02:38:35PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:45:07PM +0300, Yauhen Kharuzhy wrote: > > Existing intel_cht_int33fe ACPI pseudo-device driver assumes that > > hardware has TypeC connector and register related devices described as > > I2C connections in the _CRS resource. > > > > There is at least one hardware (Lenovo Yoga Book YB1-91L/F) with micro > > USB B connector exists. It has INT33FE device in the DSDT table but > > there are only two I2C connection described: PMIC and BQ27452 battery > > fuel gauge. > > > > Splitting existing INT33FE driver allow to maintain code for USB type B > > (AB) connector variant separately and make it simpler. > > Sorry, but "Type B" is even more confusing here. Type B refers to the > Standard-B USB connector, so _not_ the micro connector family. You can > check the connector definitions from the latest USB 3.2 specification. > The standard-b definition goes something like this: > > "The standard _Type-B_ connector defined by the USB x specification." > > Note that all the five supported connectors are listed in ch5 > "Mechanical": > > Standard-A > Standard-B > Micro-B > Micro-AB > Type-C > > So what was the problem with names that refer to the micro connector > family, for example "micro-ab" or "micro-b"? Only one problem: there is no difference between micro B, micro AB, mini B or Standard-B types of connectors from this driver point of view – all of them can be used for device charging. Now we have only two kind of hardware with INT33FE pseudo-device: with Micro-B and Type-C connectors but other kind may exist. TypeB is not standartized but it seemed to me a good generalization of "USB connectors to charger connection but not Type-C". No problem to change it to other suitable name, 'simple', 'dumb', 'non-TypeC' or 'micro-B'. All this names are not ideal. -- Yauhen Kharuzhy