Re: [PATCH 0/4] extcon: Modify the name of unused external connector

[Chanwoo Choi]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski
<k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 27.04.2015 21:31, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>>
>> This patchset alter the unused name of external connector (jig/dock/MHL)
>> as
>> following. The name of jig cable and dock device include the non-standard
>> H/W
>> information. On user-space side, this information are not necessary. The
>> extcon
>> core will support the other method to inform the specific H/W information
>> to
>> kernel device driver and framework. For example, extcon core have the plan
>> to add
>> the notifier chain for USB ID/VBUS pin state. If extcon consumer (kernel
>> device
>> driver and framework) use the notifer chain for USB ID/VBUS, they can get
>> the
>> state of both JIG and USB when JIG-USB-ON cable is attached.
>>
>> And last patch removes the unused 'num_cables' filed on extcon-adc-jack.c.
>>
>> 1. jig cable name
>> - JIG-USB-ON   -->|
>> - JIG-USB-OFF  -->|
>> - JIG-UART-ON  -->|
>> - JIG-UART-OFF -->|--> JIG
>>
>> 2. dock device name
>> - Dock-Smart   -->|
>> - Dock-Desk    -->|
>> - Dock-Audio   -->|
>> - Dock-Card    -->|--> DOCK
>>
>> 3. MHL-TA cable name
>> - MHL-TA -> TA
>
>
> Hi,
>
> That makes sense but isn't such change a break of interface with user-space?
> The user-space may expect Dock-xxx for Dock.

I guess it's possible. But, the "Dock-{Smart|Desk|Audio}" device name are not
standard. Their name are only used for Samsung Galaxy S3 (releaesd 3.0
kernel) and it is not for mainline kernel.

So, I want to make the standard cable name for mainline kernel and user-space.
The extcon driver will send the event of 'dock' device with specific
external connector which is connected to 'dock' device.

For example, Dock-Smart means the Dock device with MHL cable. When
Dock-Smart is attached, extcon driver will send the two external
connector state of
both 'DOCK' and 'MHL'. So, the user-space process will detect the kind of dock
by catching both 'DOCK' and 'MHL' uevent.

Thanks,
Chanwoo Choi
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