linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3] usb: typec: Add a sysfs node to manage port type

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2017 20:31:26 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@...gle.com>
Cc:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] usb: typec: Add a sysfs node to manage port type

On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:45:59AM -0700, Badhri Jagan Sridharan wrote:
> User space applications in some cases have the need to enforce a
> specific port type(DFP/UFP/DRP). This change allows userspace to
> attempt setting the desired port type. Low level drivers can
> however reject the request if the specific port type is not supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <Badhri@...gle.com>
> Change-Id: Ia76877558c47271a34d912a54eea3459655dda3c

Why is this line here?  :)