linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 15/18] dt-bindings: usb: Add ports to google,cros-ec-typec for DP altmode

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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:16:56 +0200
From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 15/18] dt-bindings: usb: Add ports to
 google,cros-ec-typec for DP altmode

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 23:11, Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> Quoting Dmitry Baryshkov (2024-12-05 10:47:08)
> > On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 03:50:58PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > >
> > > The easiest way to imagine this is that we took the usb-c-connector and
> > > jammed an HDMI dongle in there with some glue so that it can never be
> > > removed. There isn't any USB going there either because it can't be
> > > used. I suppose we can continue to describe this with an
> > > altmodes/displayport node but then add some compatible like
> > > "usb-c-hdmi-connector" or another property to the altmodes/displayport
> > > node like "type = hdmi" that signifies this is a connector that only
> > > outputs HDMI.
> >
> > Does that DP-to-HDMI bridge talk USB-C or just pure DP? In other words,
> > will it be properly discovered and handled if we just leave it as a
> > weird usb-c-connector (maybe with an additional annotation, we have
> > USB_PORT_CONNECT_TYPE_HARD_WIRED for USB ports, we might have something
> > similar for Type-C connectors).
>
> It is pure DP. Maybe we can have a google,cros-ec-usbc-hdmi compatible
> string here because this is a weird design.

Just google,cros-ec-hdmi for the corresponding connector?

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry