Re: [PATCH 0/3] usb: USB Type-C Class and driver for UCSI

[Oliver Neukum]

On Thu, 2016-02-18 at 13:05 +0200, Heikki Krogerus wrote:

> > Since we have capability details of ports in user space, I believe
> > cable capability is also necessary for policy decision(power, alt
> > mode). Is that something we are cautiously leaving out ? pls explain
> 
> Adding the cable control to this interface will make it more complex
> from users perspective. However, nothing forces the user to control
> also the cable.

But we would like to indicate to the user that we cannot run
an alternate mode because the cable is incapable as opposed to the
device.

	Regards
		Oliver