Re: [PATCHv4 1/2] usb: USB Type-C connector class

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On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 10:45:02AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 07/04/2016 10:11 AM, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> [ ... ]
> 
> > > > We should not forget also that the userspace can never rely on those
> > > > details because of the fact that they simply will not always be
> > > > available.
> > > > 
> > > On the other side, not being able to rely on a well defined ABI makes the
> > > ABI much less useful.
> > 
> > What do we do about this?
> > 
> I'll have to think about it. Unfortunately, I'll have to put this on the
> back-burner for the time being. My primary problem is that I need
> a functional  driver _now_ (ie by the end of this week), to meet an
> upcoming deadline. Due to to the locking problem, I can not rely on the
> typec infrastructure ... meaning I have to take two steps back and get
> my code working with the Android infrastructure (which, coincidentally,
> does not require locking and thus doesn't have all the resulting
> limitations and complexities).

That is unfortunate.

I added a commit where I remove the lock completely (at least for
now) to my github.


Cheers,

-- 
heikki
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