Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] drm/uapi: Add USB connector type

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On Thursday, January 21st, 2021 at 9:27 AM, Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I would not call it USB. I could imagine that at some point a generic
> > USB protocol could serve simple displays (i.e. in the sense of USB HID
> > or data or imaging). (Maybe Thunderbold already counts.) Anyway, USB
> > should be reserved for this case.
>
> We end up calling those DisplayPort, since that's what's being
> transported over thunderbolt or usb-C. So the usb connector would be
> called usb-C. I think the reason we don't do fancy connector names is
> that adding them is a bit a pain. Plus drm/i915 specifically has some
> very quirky connector enumerating that doesn't match much with reality
> unfortunately anyway :-/

Maybe could add "USB-C" to the list of subconnector types and use that?
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