linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 02/11] usb: typec: Export all typec device types

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Message-ID: <2025112109-glacial-outmatch-add7@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:07:30 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Chaoyi Chen <kernel@...kyi.com>
Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@....qualcomm.com>,
	Peter Chen <hzpeterchen@...il.com>,
	Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
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	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...nel.org>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, Sandy Huang <hjc@...k-chips.com>,
	Andy Yan <andy.yan@...k-chips.com>,
	Yubing Zhang <yubing.zhang@...k-chips.com>,
	Frank Wang <frank.wang@...k-chips.com>,
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	Chaoyi Chen <chaoyi.chen@...k-chips.com>,
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	Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@...ow.org>,
	Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 02/11] usb: typec: Export all typec device types

On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 10:23:34AM +0800, Chaoyi Chen wrote:
> From: Chaoyi Chen <chaoyi.chen@...k-chips.com>
> 
> Export all typec device types for identification.

I do not understand what this means.  Who is going to use these symbols,
and for what exactly?

Be specific please.

thanks,

greg k-h