RE: [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] usb: typec: USB Type-C Port Manager (tcpm)
From: Jun Li
Date: Fri Sep 09 2016 - 20:26:15 EST
Hi Guenter,
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> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guenter Roeck
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> To: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chandra Sekhar Anagani <chandra.sekhar.anagani@xxxxxxxxx>; Bruce
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> Pranav Tipnis <pranav.tipnis@xxxxxxxxx>; Heikki Krogerus
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> Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] usb: typec: USB Type-C Port Manager (tcpm)
>
> This driver implements the USB Type-C Power Delivery state machine
> for both source and sink ports. Alternate mode support is not
> fully implemented.
>
> The driver attaches to the USB Type-C class code implemented in
> the following patches.
>
> usb: typec: add driver for Intel Whiskey Cove PMIC USB Type-C PHY
> usb: USB Type-C connector class
>
> This driver only implements the state machine. Lower level drivers are
> responsible for
> - Reporting VBUS status and activating VBUS
> - Setting CC lines and providing CC line status
> - Setting line polarity
> - Activating and deactivating VCONN
> - Setting the current limit
> - Activating and deactivating PD message transfers
> - Sending and receiving PD messages
>
> The driver provides both a functional API as well as callbacks for
> lower level drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <groeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
A specific question, if power sink wants to request a new power level
after SNK_READY, how to handle it with this tcpm?
Thanks
Li Jun