linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] USB Type-C alternate mode selection

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Message-ID: <2025091821-bony-defame-02f6@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:50:00 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Abhishek Pandit-Subedi <abhishekpandit@...omium.org>
Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrei Kuchynski <akuchynski@...omium.org>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
	Jameson Thies <jthies@...gle.com>,
	Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev,
	Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] USB Type-C alternate mode selection

On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 05:09:44PM -0700, Abhishek Pandit-Subedi wrote:
> After actually trying to do this today, I think a better approach
> might be to just add a MODULE_SOFTDEP for all the typec altmodes. That
> way, all the modules get loaded together and there's less of a chance
> of waiting for the altmode driver to load when enumerating partners on
> boot.

MODULE_SOFTDEP is going to be nothing but problems going forward, I
wouldn't recommend it at all.  Try it out yourself on your hardware and
see :)

thanks,

greg k-h