Hi Rob, On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:51:34PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Sergei Shtylyov > <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 02/16/2016 11:05 PM, Rob Herring wrote: > > > >>>>> + - mentor,power : Specifies the maximum current in milliamperes the > >>>>> controller can > >>>>> + supply in host mode. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Still a no for me. Looks like this just sets hcd->power_budget. This > >>>> property may not be a regulator, but ultimately the value depends on > >>>> some regulator supplying Vbus. Also, given this has nothing to do with > >>>> MUSB h/w, however this is described should be generic. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I understand your point that the description should be generic. > >>> However the USB 2.0 specification does not define any relation between > >>> the > >>> bMaxPower provided by the device and the actual power control. > >>> As far as I understand the value just serves the purpose to raise a flag > >>> to > >>> the user if the attached device would draw too much power, and not to > >>> enable > >>> it at all. > >> > >> > >> That won't really work given devices lie. My bus powered USB disk > >> enclosure reports something like 10mA. That's pretty good considering > >> I have a 5W drive in it. > > > > > >>> Further, the value used by the protocol is not necessarily related to the > >>> real current that can be supported. The maximum current supported by the > >>> protocol is 510mA. > >>> > >>> For instance on my development board the real maximum current is limited > >>> only by the mains power-supply used. > >>> So it cannot even be modelled in the DT as a regulator because the > >>> power-supply is not part of the HW and > >>> everybody can take a different one. > >> > >> > >> Not part of which h/w? Different for everyone is exactly why Vbus > >> supply should be described in DT. > > > > > > I'm afraid you're misunderstanding the nature of VBUS regulator still. > > It's a voltage regulator with some maximum value of the current that can be > > sourced from it when it's powered (+5 V). The power chip can typically > > detect and report the over-current condition inj which case VBUS will be > > turned off). > > Yes, I understand that exactly. I've seen and reviewed a USB circuit > or two. You're describing a regulator, I'm saying describe the > regulator in DT and Petr is saying that's too complex. > > >>> So defining a regulator just to store this arbitrary USB 2.0 value is a > >>> bit > >>> overkill for me. > >> > >> > >> If it is just arbitrary, then put it into the driver. I would do 500mA > > > > > > You clearly misunderstand things. The regulator used depends on the board > > design, the driver (or glue in this case) doesn't, it's just SoC specific. > > That's why this power budget thing ended up in the platform data in the > > first place... > > The driver needs to be able to query the supply and get the current > limit. We have the technology. > > > > >> and be done with it. I'd guess there is nothing real behind the > >> current default of 250mA. > > > > > > 500 mA actually, it's multiplied by 2. > > Ok. For 2 ports? > > In any case, if there is effectively no limit (Vbus comes from the > wall), then yes a regulator is probably an overkill. So make the case > with no Vbus regulator (or regulator with no limit set) in DT be the > max current. However, if the controller has a signal to turn on/off > Vbus, then that should be modeled as a regulator. The TI implemention of the controller does have a signal to turn on/off Vbus, but this signal is controlled by hardware internal state machine and transparent to software. >From software perspective, the driver only needs to get the board defined current limit and passes it to usb core. I would think a regulator is an overkill in here. What is your final comments on this so Petr can revise the patch accordingly? Thanks, -Bin. > > Rob > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
