On 01/10/2017 12:54 AM, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
Hi Guenter,
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 08:59:32AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
+/**
+ * typec_register_partner - Register a USB Type-C Partner
+ * @port: The USB Type-C Port the partner is connected to
+ * @desc: Description of the partner
+ *
+ * Registers a device for USB Type-C Partner described in @desc.
+ *
+ * Returns handle to the partner on success or NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct typec_partner *typec_register_partner(struct typec_port *port,
+ struct typec_partner_desc *desc)
+{
With the changes to hide the actual partner structure, this looks at first
glance like a minor API change, but it is substantial.
Reason is that the vdo as required by typec_partner_desc is provided by a VDM
command reply, which is completely orthogonal to the PD registration process.
So far I was able to set the vdo later, after registering the connection,
and after (and if) the vdo was received.
If the identity vdo value is updated after the creation of the device,
then the user space needs to be notified separately.
Since the partner may not even respond to the DISCOVER_IDENT message, or not
support PD at all, this means that I would have to disconnect partner
registration from the PD protocol itself and tie it to the VDO message
exchange, with appropriate timeouts to register anyway even if the identity
was not received after some period of time or if the partner does not support
PD.
This in turn means that I'll have to re-implement and possibly re-architect
a substantial amount of code.
We don't need to protect the structures like this, we can change this
back. But how about we introduce driver callback function for updating
the value instead, which would also notify the uses space?
That would work.
Thanks,
Guenter
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