linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] usb: host: xhci-plat: Create platform device for onboard hubs in probe()

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Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:46:56 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Cc:     Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Ravi Chandra Sadineni <ravisadineni@...omium.org>,
        Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Linux USB List <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] usb: host: xhci-plat: Create platform device for
 onboard hubs in probe()

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 2:45 PM Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> Quoting Matthias Kaehlcke (2021-02-11 12:36:35)
> > Hi Stephen,
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 11:14:39AM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it possible to use the graph binding to connect the USB controller on
> > > the SoC to the port on the hub? Then the hub would be a standalone node
> > > at the root of DT connected to the USB controller (or phy) and xhci code
> > > could probe the firmware to see if there's a graph connection downstream
> > > that is a powered hub like this. I didn't see this idea mentioned in the
> > > previous discussions, but maybe I missed it.
> >
> > Thanks for bringing this up. I'm not sure I completely understand your
> > suggestion, but in general it seems a direction that could be worth
> > exploring.
>
> Cool.
>
> >
> > I think something like the following should work even without requiring
> > cooperation from the XHCI code:
> >
> > onboard-usb-hub {
> >     compatible = “realtek,rts5411”, “onboard_usb_hub”;
> >     #address-cells = <1>;
> >     #size-cells = <0>;
> >
> >     vdd-supply = <&pp3300_hub>;
> >
> >     port@0 {
> >         reg = <0>;
> >
> >         rts5411_3_0: endpoint {
> >             // should not be needed
> >             remote-endpoint = <&usb_1_dwc3_port1>;
> >         };
> >     };
> >
> >     port@1 {
> >         reg = <1>;
> >
> >         rts5411_2_0: endpoint {
> >             // should not be needed
> >             remote-endpoint = <&usb_1_dwc3_port2>;
> >         };
> >     };
> > };
> >
> > &usb_1_dwc3 {
> >     dr_mode = "host";
> >     #address-cells = <1>;
> >     #size-cells = <0>;
> >
> >     port@1 {
> >         reg = <1>;
> >
> >         usb_1_dwc3_port1: endpoint {
> >             remote-endpoint = <&rts5411_3_0>;
> >         };
> >     };
> >
> >     port@2 {
> >         reg = <2>;
> >
> >         usb_1_dwc3_port2: endpoint {
> >             remote-endpoint = <&rts5411_2_0>;
> >         };
> >     };
> > };
> >
> > That looks like an actual description of the hardware, without multiple DT
> > nodes for the hub.
> >
> > The USB part of the onboard_hub driver could determine the platform device
> > from the remote endpoint and register the USB device with it.
>
> Yeah you got it, this is what I'm suggesting. I'd like to go even
> further and also describe the ports on "the other side" or "downstream
> facing side" of the USB hub that go to things like type-c ports or
> type-a ports. This would allow us to describe the USB topology and how
> it is physically connected to ports on the device that humans see. But
> that's mostly a job for the type-c subsystem, so it's a parallel
> discussion that's only related because of the graph binding.

I'd like to see a complete case that includes connectors. I really
need someone to worry about USB bindings with a view on the big
picture. The piecemeal additions don't result in the best design.

Rob