This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
usb: roles: Add a description for the class to Kconfig
to my usb git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git
in the usb-testing branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will be merged to the usb-next branch sometime soon,
after it passes testing, and the merge window is open.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
>From c3788cd9963eb2e77de3c24142fb7c67b61f1a26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:13:55 +0300
Subject: usb: roles: Add a description for the class to Kconfig
That makes the USB role switch support option visible and
selectable for the user. The class driver is also moved to
drivers/usb/roles/ directory.
This will fix an issue that we have with the Intel USB role
switch driver on systems that don't have USB Type-C connectors:
Intel USB role switch driver depends on the USB role switch
class as it should, but since there was no way for the user
to enable the USB role switch class, there was also no way
to select that driver. USB Type-C drivers select the USB
role switch class which makes the Intel USB role switch
driver available and therefore hides the problem.
So in practice Intel USB role switch driver was depending on
USB Type-C drivers.
Fixes: f6fb9ec02be1 ("usb: roles: Add Intel xHCI USB role switch driver")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/Kconfig | 4 ----
drivers/usb/common/Makefile | 1 -
drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++
drivers/usb/roles/Makefile | 4 +++-
drivers/usb/{common/roles.c => roles/class.c} | 0
5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
rename drivers/usb/{common/roles.c => roles/class.c} (100%)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/Kconfig
index 987fc5ba6321..70e6c956c23c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/Kconfig
@@ -205,8 +205,4 @@ config USB_ULPI_BUS
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
be called ulpi.
-config USB_ROLE_SWITCH
- tristate
- select USB_COMMON
-
endif # USB_SUPPORT
diff --git a/drivers/usb/common/Makefile b/drivers/usb/common/Makefile
index fb4d5ef4165c..0a7c45e85481 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/common/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/common/Makefile
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ usb-common-$(CONFIG_USB_LED_TRIG) += led.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_OTG_FSM) += usb-otg-fsm.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ULPI_BUS) += ulpi.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ROLE_SWITCH) += roles.o
diff --git a/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
index f5a5e6f79f1b..e4194ac94510 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+config USB_ROLE_SWITCH
+ tristate "USB Role Switch Support"
+ help
+ USB Role Switch is a device that can select the USB role - host or
+ device - for a USB port (connector). In most cases dual-role capable
+ USB controller will also represent the switch, but on some platforms
+ multiplexer/demultiplexer switch is used to route the data lines on
+ the USB connector between separate USB host and device controllers.
+
+ Say Y here if your USB connectors support both device and host roles.
+ To compile the driver as module, choose M here: the module will be
+ called roles.ko.
+
if USB_ROLE_SWITCH
config USB_ROLES_INTEL_XHCI
diff --git a/drivers/usb/roles/Makefile b/drivers/usb/roles/Makefile
index e44b179ba275..c02873206fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/roles/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/roles/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ROLES_INTEL_XHCI) += intel-xhci-usb-role-switch.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ROLE_SWITCH) += roles.o
+roles-y := class.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ROLES_INTEL_XHCI) += intel-xhci-usb-role-switch.o
diff --git a/drivers/usb/common/roles.c b/drivers/usb/roles/class.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/usb/common/roles.c
rename to drivers/usb/roles/class.c
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2.20.1
