linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: misc: onboard_usb

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:07:51 +0000
From: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To: Jameson Thies <jthies@...gle.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@...gle.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: misc: onboard_usb_dev: Add match function

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 07:27:01AM -0700, Jameson Thies wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> this fixes an existing problem. On chromebooks using this driver for
> an onboard hub, connecting an external hub in this ID table fails to
> bind to the generic USB driver at the lock screen (devices default to
> unauthorized). We are still trying to figure out why the hub isn't
> able to bind to the generic USB driver after the onboard_usb_dev
> driver when the device is authorized after it enumerates. But, I think
> it would be preferable for this driver to not match external devices
> in the ID table. This resolves the issue for me.
> 
> Tested-by: Jameson Thies <jthies@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jameson Thies <jthies@...gle.com>

Thanks Jameson!

To Greg's question: from the perspective of the onboard usb dev driver
I would call the change an optimization, there is no point in binding
the device to the driver if it is known beforehand that probing will
fail.

With respect to the issue Jameson described the change is a workaround,
but not a proper fix.