Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: dts: colibri-imx7: add usb dual-role switch capability

[Philippe Schenker <philippe.schenker@toradex.com>]

On Tue, 2020-07-14 at 09:55 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hello Philippe,
> 
> On 7/13/20 1:53 PM, Philippe Schenker wrote:
> > On Mon, 2020-07-13 at 11:46 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> > > Hello Philippe,
> > > 
> > > > +	extcon_usbc_det: usbc_det {
> > > > +		compatible = "linux,extcon-usb-gpio";
> > > 
> > > According to 4602f3bff266 ("usb: common: add USB GPIO based
> > > connection
> > > detection driver"):
> > > "the old way using extcon to support USB Dual-Role switch is now
> > > deprecated
> > >  when use Type-B connector."
> > > 
> > > Have you considered using a compatible = "gpio-usb-b-connector"
> > > child
> > > node instead?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Ahmad
> > 
> > Thanks for the Hint Ahmad,
> > 
> > I already tried and just now tried again but it doesn't work on our
> > hardware. Are you sure this works with chipidea driver?
> 
> I haven't, just wanted to point its existence out in case you didn't
> know.
> Seems we need to call of_platform_populate somewhere in the driver.
> Unsure what other changes are necessary.

Yep, thanks for that! It seems like that need to be really called as I
can't get a probe of the new usb connector driver. I quickly grepped
through code and saw that tegra USB driver is calling
of_platform_populate and they also use that gpio-usb-b-connector.

> 
> > Should this new usb-connector stuff work in general with every old
> > driver?
> 
> If the driver support isn't there yet, I think use of extcon is fine
> as is.
> 
> Thanks
> Ahmad

@Shawn: Could you pull patches #2 and #3 back in?

Thanks guys!

Philippe
> 
> > Philippe
> 
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