linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCHv2] usb: USB Type-C Connector Class

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Message-ID: <1464011884.12181.59.camel@suse.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 May 2016 15:58:04 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Rajaram R <rajaram.officemail@...il.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...ux.intel.com>,
	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHv2] usb: USB Type-C Connector Class

On Mon, 2016-05-23 at 06:27 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >> Good question. I originally added a sysfs attribute
> 'preferred-mode' to
> >> my code, but then concluded that this is supposed to be provided
> >> by the platform and added it as platform data instead, with
> (currently)
> >> no means to report it to user space.
> >
> > Mode or role? I would say that the choice of alternate modes belongs
> to
> 
> s/preferred mode/preferred role/g

Now I am confused. Are you saying that the choice of Alternate Mode does
not belong into user space?

	Regards
		Oliver