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

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On Sat, 31 Aug 2024, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> Add a DT graph binding to google,cros-ec-typec so that it can combine
> DisplayPort (DP) and USB SuperSpeed (SS) data into a USB type-c endpoint
> that is connected to the usb-c-connector node's SS endpoint. This also
> allows us to connect the DP and USB nodes in the graph to the USB type-c
> connectors, providing the full picture of the USB type-c data flows in
> the system.
> 
> Allow there to be multiple typec nodes underneath the EC node so that
> one DT graph exists per DP bridge. The EC is actually controlling TCPCs
> and redrivers that combine the DP and USB signals together so this more
> accurately reflects the hardware design without introducing yet another
> DT node underneath the EC for USB type-c.
> 
> If the type-c ports are being shared between a single DP controller then
> the ports need to know about each other and determine a policy to drive
> DP to one type-c port. If the type-c ports each have their own dedicated
> DP controller then they're able to operate independently and enter/exit
> DP altmode independently as well. We can't connect the DP controller's
> endpoint to one usb-c-connector port@1 endpoint and the USB controller's
> endpoint to another usb-c-connector port@1 endpoint either because the
> DP muxing case would have DP connected to two usb-c-connector endpoints
> which the graph binding doesn't support.
> 
> Therefore, one typec node is required per the capabilities of the type-c
> port(s) being managed. This also lets us indicate which type-c ports the
> DP controller is wired to. For example, if DP was connected to ports 0
> and 2, while port 1 was connected to another DP controller we wouldn't
> be able to implement that without having some other DT property to
> indicate which output ports are connected to the DP endpoint.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benson Leung <bleung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <groeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Prashant Malani <pmalani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <chrome-platform@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pin-yen Lin <treapking@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../bindings/mfd/google,cros-ec.yaml          |   7 +-

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  .../bindings/usb/google,cros-ec-typec.yaml    | 229 ++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 233 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]




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