linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] usb: type-c: USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface

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Date:	Tue, 9 Feb 2016 10:21:55 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] usb: type-c: USB Type-C Connector System Software
 Interface

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 07:01:22PM +0200, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface (UCSI) is a
> specification that defines registers and data structures
> used to interface with the USB Type-C connectors on a system.
> 
> The specification is public and available at:
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/io/universal-serial-bus/usb-type-c-ucsi-spec.html
> 

What does this driver / code actually do?  Why is it needed?  What
interface to the rest of the kernel / userspace does it provide?

Why would we care about this?


You need to describe this a lot better than you did...

thanks,

greg k-h