On 09 February 2018 15:02, Sebastian Reichel wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 11:28:42AM +0000, Adam Thomson wrote: > > On 08 February 2018 21:31, Sebastian Reichel wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 03:50:53PM +0000, Adam Thomson wrote: > > > > This commit adds the 'connected_type' property to represent supplies > > > > which can report a number of different types of supply based on a > > > > connection event. > > > > > > > > Examples of this already exist in drivers whereby the existing 'type' > > > > property is updated, based on an event, to represent what was > > > > connected (e.g. USB_DCP, USB_ACA, ...). Current implementations > > > > however don't show all supported connectable types, so this knowledge > > > > has to be exlicitly known for each driver that supports this. > > > > > > > > The 'connected_type' property is intended to fill this void and show > > > > users all possible types supported by a driver. The property, when > > > > read, shows all available types for the driver, and the one currently > > > > chosen is highlighted/bracketed. It is expected that the 'type' > > > > property would then just show the top-level type, such as 'USB', and > > > > this would be static. > > > > > > > > Currently the 'conn_type' enum contains all of the USB variant types > > > > that exist for the 'type' enum at this time, and in addition has > > > > the PPS type. In the future this can be extended further for other > > > > types which have multiple connected types supported. The mirroring > > > > is intentional so as to not impact existing usage of the 'type' > > > > property. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Adam Thomson <Adam.Thomson.Opensource@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Thanks for the patch. I think, that it's a good idea to provide the > > > subtype in its own property and just set the type property to "USB". > > > I would prefer to name this "usb_type". Otherwise > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > -- Sebastian > > > > Thanks for your review. I chose 'connected_type' as I thought this would be more > > generic in case other main types would have some dynamic connection element to > > them and could also benefit from this. If we don't see that as being something > > we want though then I can make this just for USB. > > If such a thing appears at some point we can add another property. > I think usb_type is easier to understand from a user point of view > and it helps to keep our enums clean. Ok, fair enough. Will update accordingly. -- 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
