linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 00/11] add USB GPIO based connection detection driver

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Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 15:26:50 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@...iatek.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/11] add USB GPIO based connection detection driver

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 9:48 AM Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@...iatek.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-08-05 at 12:06 +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:51 AM Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@...iatek.com> wrote:

> > But for just "hey I'm plugged in" we can surely keep this
> > ID on GPIO detection in the USB subsystem.
>
> Sorry, you mean provide a common API? could you please describe more
> clearer about your suggestion?

Sorry I am not suggesting anything, this code is fine.

But:

> > I just get a bit insecure about how we should ideally
> > handle these "funny-PHY's".

I am more thinking about which subsystem these things really
belong in. But let's keep it like this for the simple GPIO case.
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij