Re: [PATCH 2/4] usb: typec: mux: intel_pmc_mux: Support for static SBU/HSL orientation

[Heikki Krogerus]

Hi Prashant,

> I just realized, the issue I initially pointed out would apply to the
> connect message too, i.e I'm not sure if "normal" orientation setting
> handles the case where port orientation is reversed correctly.
> Overall, I am not sure that re-using the typec_orientations[] string
> list is the best option for this use-case.
> we're looking for "normal" (i.e follows port->orientation) and "fixed"
> (i.e is always the same orientation, regardless of what
> port->orientation is), so it is perhaps better to just define a new
> array just for this driver.

Sorry, I got sidetracked with that Alternate-Direct Request stuff.
Let's start over..

The property itself is the indicator that the orientation is fixed for
those lines, not its value. If the property exists, we know the
orientation is fixed, and if it doesn't exist, we know we need to use
the cable plug orientation. So if we only want to use the property as
a flag, then it does not need to have any value at all. It would be a
boolean property.

But we would then always leave the ORI-HSL field with value 0 when the
orientation is fixed, and that would rule out the possibility of
supporting a platform where we have to use a fixed value of 1 there
(fixed-reversed). If we ever needed to support configuration like
that, then we would need to add a new property.

That scenario may not be relevant on this platform, and it may seem
like an unlikely, or even impossible case now, but experience (and the
north mux-agent documentation) tells me we should prepare also for
that. That is why I use the typec_orientation strings as the values
for these properties. Then the fixed-reversed orientation is also
covered with the same properties if we ever need to support it.

Maybe this code would be better, or more clear in the driver:

/*
 * Returns the value for the HSL-ORI field.
 */
static int hsl_orientation(struct pmc_usb_port *port)
{
        enum typec_orientation orientation;

        /*
         * Is the orientation fixed:
         *   Yes, use the fixed orientation.
         *   No, use cable plug orientation.
         */
        if (port->hsl_orientation)
                orientation = hsl_orientation;
        else
                orientation = port->orientation;

        switch (orientation) {
        case TYPEC_ORIENTATION_NORMAL:
                return 0;
        case TYPEC_ORIENTATION_REVERSE:
                return 1;
        }

        return -EINVAL;
}

thanks,

-- 
heikki