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

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Date:	Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:35:35 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Rajaram R <rajaram.officemail@...il.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...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, 2016-06-06 at 16:28 +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:

> I would prefer lower case letters. I don't know the SIDs there are at
> them moment, other then Display Port. Do you know them?
> 
> I don't think we can ever guarantee that in every case we will be able
> to provide a human readable name for the alternate modes if they are
> vendor defined. We will then potentially still have the names in two
> different forms: "usbc0.displayport" and "usbc0.svid:xxxx". Is that
> something acceptable to everybody?
> 
> I guess if it's not, then to only way to go forward would be to always
> just use the svid in the name.

Yes, that is better. It makes more sense to use the number.
We'd get into versioning problems if we use names.

	Regards
		Oliver