linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] dt-bindings: phy-rockchip-typec: move extcon property to be optional.

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Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 13:34:38 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
Cc:     kishon@...com, heiko@...ech.de, groeck@...omium.org,
        gwendal@...omium.org, kernel@...labora.com, vicencb@...il.com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] dt-bindings: phy-rockchip-typec: move extcon
 property to be optional.

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 04:25:11PM +0100, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> The extcon property is used to detect the cable-state but some boards
> just connect the type-c phy to a regular USB-A connector without any
> power-delivery and thus no controller reporting the cable-state.
> So the extcon property is not really a required property, move it to be
> optional instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
> Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - [2/6] Rewrite the justification as suggested by Heiko Stuebner.
> 
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-rockchip-typec.txt | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

And extcon should be deprecated IMO.

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>