linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Fix stuck UCSI controller on DELL

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 13:59:02 +0200
From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To: "Christian A. Ehrhardt" <lk@...e.de>
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
	Saranya Gopal <saranya.gopal@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Fix stuck UCSI controller on DELL

Hi Christian,

On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 11:06:35AM +0100, Christian A. Ehrhardt wrote:
> I have a DELL Latitude 5431 where typec only works somewhat.
> After the first plug/unplug event the PPM seems to be stuck and
> commands end with a timeout (GET_CONNECTOR_STATUS failed (-110)).
> 
> This patch fixes it for me but according to my reading it is in
> violation of the UCSI spec. On the other hand searching through
> the net it appears that many DELL models seem to have timeout problems
> with UCSI.
> 
> Do we want some kind of quirk here? There does not seem to be a quirk
> framework for this part of the code, yet. Or is it ok to just send the
> additional ACK in all cases and hope that the PPM will do the right
> thing?

We can use DMI quirks. Something like the attached diff (not tested).

thanks,

-- 
heikki

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