Quoting Jack Pham (2019-09-05 10:58:02) > Hi Jorge, Bjorn, > > On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 09:18:57AM +0200, Jorge Ramirez wrote: > > On 9/4/19 01:34, Bjorn Andersson wrote: > > > On Tue 03 Sep 14:45 PDT 2019, Stephen Boyd wrote: > > >> that would need an of_regulator_get() sort of API that can get the > > >> regulator out of there? Or to make the connector into a struct device > > >> that can get the regulator out per some generic connector driver and > > >> then pass it through to the USB controller when it asks for it. Maybe > > >> try to prototype that out? > > >> > > > > > > The examples given in the DT bindings describes the connector as a child > > > of a PMIC, with of_graph somehow tying it to the various inputs. But in > > > these examples vbus is handled by implicitly inside the MFD, where > > > extcon is informed about the plug event they toggle vbus as well. > > > > > > In our case we have a extcon-usb-gpio to detect mode, which per Jorge's > > > proposal will trickle down to the PHY and become a regulator calls on > > > either some external regulator or more typically one of the chargers in > > > the system. > > Interesting you mention extcon-usb-gpio. I thought extcon at least from > bindings perspective is passé now. Maybe this is what you need (just > landed in usb-next): > > usb: common: add USB GPIO based connection detection driver > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git/commit/?h=usb-next&id=4602f3bff2669012c1147eecfe74c121765f5c56 > > dt-bindings: usb: add binding for USB GPIO based connection detection driver > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git/commit/?h=usb-next&id=f651c73e71f53f65e9846677d79d8e120452b59f > > Fortunately this new driver might check the right boxes for you: > - usb connector binding > - ID detect GPIO > - vbus-supply regulator > > With that, I think you can also keep the connector subnode out of the > SSPHY node well, and similarly get rid of the vbus toggle handling from > the PHY driver. > > The big thing missing now is that this driver replaces extcon > completely, so we'll need handling in dwc3/dwc3-qcom to retrieve the > role switch state to know when host mode is entered. I saw this a while > back but don't think it got picked up: > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10909981/ > Yes this looks like the approach that should be taken. One question though, is this a micro-b connector or a type-c connector on the board? I thought it was a type-c, so then this USB gpio based connection driver isn't an exact fit?
