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Message-ID: <20170306131442.GC6999@kuha.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:14:42 +0200
From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mats Karrman <mats.dev.list@...il.com>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...ux.intel.com>,
Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 2/3] usb: USB Type-C connector class
Hi Mats,
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 08:27:08PM +0100, Mats Karrman wrote:
> On 2017-03-03 13:59, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 08:29:18AM +0100, Mats Karrman wrote:
> > ....
>
> > How would something like that sound to you guys?
>
> Complicated... Need to marinate on that for a while ;)
Sorry about the bad explanation :-). Let me try again.. I'm simply
looking for a method that is as scalable as possible to handle the
alternate modes, basically how to couple the different components
involved. Bus would feel like the best approach at the moment.
> > > My system is a bit different. It's an i.MX6 SoC with the typec phy and DP controller connected
> > > directly to the SoC and it's using DTB/OF.
> > Is this "DP controller" a controller that is capable of taking care of
> > the USB Power Delivery communication with the partner regarding
> > DisplayPort alternate mode?
>
> No, the "DP controller" just talks DP and knows nothing about Type-C or USB PD.
> It takes a video stream from the SoC and turns it into a DP link, set up and orchestrated
> by the corresponding driver. And all the driver needs from Type-C is the plugged in / interrupt /
> plugged out events.
Got it.
> The analog switching between USB / safe / DP signal levels in the Type-C connector is, I think,
> best handled by the software doing the USB PD negotiation / Altmode handling (using some GPIOs).
>
> > > Do we need to further standardize attributes under (each) specific alternate mode to
> > > include things such as HPD for the DP mode?
> > I'm not completely sure what kind of system you have, but I would
> > imagine that if we had the bus, your DP controller driver would be the
> > port (and partner) alternate mode driver. The bus would bind you to
> > the typec phy.
>
> So, both the DP controller and the USB PD phy are I2C devices, and now I have to make them both
> attach to the AM bus as well?
The DP controller would provide the driver and the USB PD phy
(actually, the typec class) the device.
Would it be a problem to register these I2C devices with some other
subsystem, was it extcon or something like AM bus? It really would not
be that uncommon. Or have I misunderstood your question?
Thanks,
--
heikki
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